The Motel Life

The Motel Life
Paperback cover
AuthorWilly Vlautin
IllustratorNate Beaty
LanguageEnglish
PublisherFaber and Faber
Publication date
April 5, 2007
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Pages224 pp
ISBN978-0-571-22808-9
OCLC76798237
Followed by'Northline' 

The Motel Life (2006) is the debut novel by musician and writer Willy Vlautin. It tells the story of two brothers from Reno, Nevada, whose lives are thrown into turmoil following a tragic accident. It was made into a movie starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, and Dakota Fanning, and released in November 2013.