Authenticity (2012)
“He teased Ray about it but consulted it too for his own forays around the country and it was there that he first read of the Albergo Perfetto. The name of the hotel amused him even more than the title of the book. Cheap, clean, central, charmless: $. He decided to try it on a weekend trip to Rome.
Located in a quiet street near Piazza Navona, the Albergo Perfetto advertised itself to passing trade by means of a rectangular light-up sign projecting from the wall above the front door. It bore... the name of the hotel in blue letters and a single dismal star. The ‘B’ of ‘Albergo’ was missing. Behind the reception desk was a woman who, when Roderic arrived, was phlegmatically watching a quiz show on television. She regarded him with an air of grim forbearance as he signed the register and showed her his passport, as though she expected the very worst from all her guests and had yet to be disappointed. ‘Room three, first floor,’ she said, banging down on the counter a key attached to a tarnished and bulky brass tag.MoreLess
Located in a quiet street near Piazza Navona, the Albergo Perfetto advertised itself to passing trade by means of a rectangular light-up sign projecting from the wall above the front door. It bore... the name of the hotel in blue letters and a single dismal star. The ‘B’ of ‘Albergo’ was missing. Behind the reception desk was a woman who, when Roderic arrived, was phlegmatically watching a quiz show on television. She regarded him with an air of grim forbearance as he signed the register and showed her his passport, as though she expected the very worst from all her guests and had yet to be disappointed. ‘Room three, first floor,’ she said, banging down on the counter a key attached to a tarnished and bulky brass tag.MoreLess
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