But if Towles’s story is an escape we crave, it is also, ironically, a story of imprisonment…” – Washington Post. A Gentleman in Moscow offers a chance to sink back into a lost attitude of aristocracy - equal parts urbane and humane - just what we might expect from the author of that 2011 bestseller Rules of Civility. “How delightful that in an era as crude as ours this finely composed new novel by Amor Towles stretches out with old-World elegance. Even if Russia isn’t on your must-visit list, I think everyone can enjoy Towles’s trip to Moscow this summer.” You can read his full review here. The book is technically historical fiction, but you’d be just as accurate calling it a thriller or a love story. There’s fantastical romance, politics, espionage, parenthood, and poetry. “ A Gentleman in Moscow is an amazing story because it manages to be a little bit of everything. In May, 2019, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recommended A Gentleman in Moscow as one of five books worth reading over the coming summer. In addition to the sources listed below, A Gentleman in Moscow was reviewed, by NPR, the Seattle Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune.
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