The phrase "a hellhole of a" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a place or situation that is extremely unpleasant or undesirable.
Example: "After spending a week in that rundown motel, I can confidently say it was a hellhole of a place to stay."
Alternatives: "a nightmare of a" or "a dump of a".
A tale of lust, violence and desperation in a hellhole of a Welsh town on a Saturday night, the play was striking largely because of the nastiness of its protagonist, Gary, a former school bully.
But like its hero, Andy Dufresne, who is incarcerated in a hellhole of a prison for a double murder he claims he did not commit, it has unexpected integrity.
At the debate, her Democratic opponent, Terry Goddard, claimed that Arizona was losing business because people around the country now believe it's a hellhole of immigration-fueled violence.
In the eight years that they have wrestled over control of Chechnya, the Russian government and Chechen rebels have descended ever deeper into a hellhole of brutish behavior.
Presumably illegal abortions raise that figure somewhat, but there's no evidence that Ireland is a hellhole of back-alley procedures: Indeed, the Irish have some of the lowest maternal mortality rates in the entire world.
GQ magazine portrayed it as a hellhole of testosterone and tattoos, where drunken oilworkers shower strippers with cash and get into fights because there's nothing else to do.
The desperate dutifulness of an impoverished nuclear submarine officer makes gripping reading, as does her depiction of the evils visited on Chechens both in Russia proper and their homeland, now a hellhole of cruelty and misery.Andrew Meier, Time magazine's former Moscow correspondent, covers some similar ground in his slim volume about Chechnya.
Haven't heard from the governor yet, though the budget he released this week includes ticket debt amnesty for the many Californians stuck in "a hellhole of desperation".
The plan would allow drivers to regain their licenses by agreeing to a payment plan for their tickets, which the governor said would help them escape "a hellhole of desperation".
The state is carrying about $10 billion in unpaid ticket fines and penalties, some of which Gov. Jerry Brown is trying to recoup in this year's budget by offering to slash ticket debts for those stuck in "a hellhole of desperation".
