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OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD THE TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ASUNDAY TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 AMAIL ON SUNDAYBOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ADAILY EXPRESSBOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ANIRISH TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 NOMINATED FOR THE 2018 INDEPENDENT BOOKSELLERS WEEK AWARD This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Dont miss it Chris Cleave No historical novel this year was more witty, insightful or original than Amor TowlessA Gentleman in MoscowSunday Times, Books of the Year Charming shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilismThe Times, Books of the Year '[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It's elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.'Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year On 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?
Amor Towles was born and raised in the Boston area. He graduated from Yale University and received an MA in English from Stanford University. An investment professional for over twenty years, he now devotes himself full time to writing. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.