A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles - 9780099558781

[html]Chosen for the Duchess of Cornwall's online book club The Reading RoomOVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD: a BBC Radio 4 Book Club choice, soon to be a major TV series starring Kenneth BranaghOn 21 June 1922, Count Alexander Rostov - recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt - is escorted out of the Kremlin, across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol.Deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the Count has been sentenced to house arrest indefinitely. But instead of his usual suite, he must now live in an attic room while Russia undergoes decades of tumultuous upheaval.Can a life without luxury be the richest of all?A BOOK OF THE DECADE, 2010-2020 (INDEPENDENT)THE TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A MAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017A DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017ONE OF BILL GATES'S SUMMER READS OF 2019NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD"[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself." - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year"A comic masterpiece . . . very funny, tender and as laughably accurate an account of the dismal nature of life in Soviet Russia as one could hope for . . . Quite apart from the ingeniously ludicrous plot and the acutely drawn characters, what adds to the joy of this book is the precision of Towles’ style. Again and again he conveys exactly the right impression with a deliciously surprising choice of words . . . a sheer delight." - William Hartson, Daily Express"A work of great charm, intelligence and insight." - Nick Rennison, Sunday Times"No historical novel was more witty, insightful and original" - Sunday Times, Culture Magazine"Elegant sentences, wonderful characters and inventive storytelling . . . This is everything a novel should be: charming, witty, poetic and generous. An absolute delight." - Mail on Sunday"This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Don’t miss it." - Chris Cleave"I just reread A Gentleman in Moscow ... It's a wonderful book at any time, and this time it brought home to me how people find ways to be happy, make connections, and make a difference to one another's lives, even in the strangest, saddest and most restrictive circumstances." - Tana French, Good Housekeeping"There is so, so much to love in this book as we keep company with the endlessly entertaining Count . . .[This] novel is wistful, whimsical and wry and elegantly captures that most apposite of lessons: 'By the smallest of one's actions, one can restore some sense of order to the world'. Brilliant" - Sunday Express"A Gentleman in Moscow is a tale abundant in humour, history and humanity, with a poignant message about time passing. That Towles also makes this rollicking good fun is no mean feat." - Sunday Telegraph"WINNING . . . GORGEOUS . . . SATISFYING . . . TOWLES IS A CRAFTSMAN" - New York Times Book ReviewAmor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow. The two novels have collectively sold more than 4 million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.[/html]