![]() ![]() ![]() Towles has created a variety of characters, none of whom are perfect, and all of whom have some kind of mistake or issue from their past. Towles has created beautiful setting in this novel, and combines it with an exciting and interesting plot, and fascinating, multi-layered characters. Towles is amazing at his descriptions of older time periods, which allow the reader to truly feel like they are getting a sense of what the sights, sounds, and smells of that age were like. ![]() What follows is an exciting road trip adventure over the next couple of weeks.Īuthor Amor Towles, well known for his bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow, has written another successful historical fiction, this time in 1950s America. However, two friends from the prison found a way to sneak in the trunk of the warden’s car, and they have a different plan for Emmett and his brother. He is happy to get home, looking forward to making a new start out west with his young brother, as his father recently passed away and his mother left the family long ago. In 1954, teenager Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of a prison after serving a year for involuntary manslaughter. Read 477-page hardcover edition in December 2022 ![]()
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