Bookshelf

Alumni and faculty members who would like to have their books considered for this listing should contact Stacey Himmelberger, editor of Hamilton magazine. This list, which dates back to 2018, is updated periodically with books appearing alphabetically on the date of entry.

What Happens at Night by Peter Cameron ’82

March 1, 2022

Tags Alumni Book

(New York: Catapult Press, 2020)
The author of eight novels and three collections of stories brings us this tale of an American couple who travel to a snowy European city to adopt a baby. Complicating their mission is the wife’s increasingly debilitative illness, which makes them concerned that the orphanage will not release their child. During their stay at a once glorious but now fading grand hotel, they encounter a strange cast of characters. Publishers Weekly notes, “[A] dreamlike, resonant fable ... Cameron doles out the right amount of eeriness and eccentricity ... emotionally affecting.”