On Monday, Shetty was answering phones at the front desk of his motel in central Arizona.

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Krauss second novel, Great House, is also structured around a similar premise, this time an unusual desk that comes to occupy a central position in the lives of those who posses it.

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Pay a bit more to stay at a central hostel or guesthouse in a well-lit area of town , with a 24-hour front desk.

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