I stumbled onto this book at a sale-out. It is great and very descriptive, in the first fifty or so pages I found all the details a bit annoying, but after that I loved the book.
Havn't seen the movie, but I doubt it can make the book justice.

The first time I read this book was when I at the age of 15 or so were looking for humourous books. I doubt that I never enjoyed a book so much as the first part of this series. The humor is outrageous and it is impossible to avoid laughing out loud.
Imo, I find the first three books the best, but you'll surely enjoy all the five books. If you enjoy the books, try to pick-up the CDs with the radioshow, whatever they will cost, you won't regret getting them!

This is a very nice book, just about every chapter is about some amusing story that has taken place at a big hotel. There aren't any strong links to each chapter, so you can see the book as a short story collection, which make it a great companion for reading at the bus to/from work.

A satiric crime-novel, I think you can call it. I liked it, it has a rather pink cover so perhaps it will ruin your bookshelves apparence :)
It was some time since I read the book and I can't be more specific about it. They made a movie out of it starring Demi Moore, havn't seen that one, though.