serious damage here at the Oloffson but many large buildings nearby have collapsed." The hotel was one of Port-au-Prince's only hotels left standing and the worldwide media subsequently decamped to the hotel and its grounds. The hotel is open, continues to operate, and RAM continues to play their regular Thursday night show. Popular culture The Hotel Oloffson was the inspiration for the fictional Hotel Trianon in Graham Greene's 1966 novel about Duvalierist Haiti, The Comedians. The New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams, reportedly modeled his trademark haunted houses cartoons on "the Oloffson’s tropo-Gothic gingerbread façade." The Hotel Oloffson is featured in Max Hardberger's auto-biography SEIZED! A Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Scoundrels and Pirates While Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled Waters. In 2011, the Hotel Oloffson was featured prominently in an episode of Anthony Bourdain's travel television show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations. The Hotel Oloffson appears in the Kurt Vonnegut novel Deadeye Dick. The hotel appears throughout Bob Shacochis's novel The Woman Who Lost Her Soul. References Cited References General References Shacochis, Bob (1999). The Immaculate Invasion. New York, New York: Penguin Publishing. . Michael Deibert. Notes from the Last Testament: The Struggle for Haiti. Seven Stories Press, New York, 2005. . External links Hotel Oloffson Official Site Photos of the Hotel Oloffson by Karl Grobl "Voodoo Art at the Hotel Oloffson" "Hope and Lodging in Port-au-Prince: The Oloffson is a magnet for intellectuals, writers and the criminally inclined. Lisa Wixon reveals why it offers hope for Haiti's future." "La dérive douce d'un enfant de Petit Goâve", documentary film about Haitian writer Dany Laferrère was partially filmed at the hotel. FaceBook Fan Page / Hotel Oloffson Hotels in Haiti Hotel Oloffson Hotel Oloffson Hotels established in 1935 Hotel Oloffson 19th-century architecture