![]() ![]() Though a work of fiction, the Count’s antics (because antics are exactly what they are) are set against actual events in Soviet history, such as the holodomor in Ukraine and the rise of Stalin. For the next 30 years, the Count makes the hotel his home. Set in Soviet-era Russia, A Gentleman in Moscowtells the tale of aristocrat Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov, who is ordered to spend the rest of his life under house arrest inside the lavish Hotel Metropol for upsetting certain members of the new Bolshevik regime.Īnd what a life. ![]() But no other word properly captures the pure joy that rushes off the pages of Amor Towles‘ second novel. It shrieks of stuffy high teas and old ladies with posh accents. ![]() Look, I hate to use the word ‘delightful’ in a review. If the measure of a good book is that you feel lost when you finish the last page, and wish that you could start it all over again from scratch, then A Gentleman in Moscow is the very best kind of book. A Gentleman in Moscow is all these things and, hand on my heart, the most delightful book you’ll read this year. ![]()
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