The Hotel Honolulu in Hawaii, not far from the beach, has long seen its best days. Eighty rooms - eighty guests - eighty stories: a universe of its own. Here, a writer unexpectedly becomes a manager and finds enough material for a whole lifetime in the tales of the charmingly eccentric hotel guests. At the Hotel Honolulu, honeymooners, beach vacationers, restless souls, and notorious liars check in. Here, locals and vacationers meet, all in search of something: sun, love, happiness - and some longings remain nameless. Buddy Hamstra, the extravagant bon vivant and hotel owner, offers a writer the position of hotel manager. He doesn't hesitate long - after a restless life and plagued by writer's block, it's time for a fresh start. At the Hotel Honolulu, he encounters not only Sweetie, the mother of his...