The Glass Hotel, the latest novel by Emily St John Mandel, takes readers into a foreign country: one whose boundaries are defined by money.

Inspired by Bernie Madoff and the 2008 financial crisis, Mandel gives life to high financiers, trophy wives, and the people on the outskirts.

And in a story of ghosts and regrets, she shows how much of a life can be invisible, and what it means to see.