A Gentleman In Moscow

By (author) Towles Amor
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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. Instead of being taken to his usual suite, he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard.
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''A wonderful book'' - Tana French

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''[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It''s elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.'' - Mail on Sunday, Books of the Year

''Charming ... shows that not all books about Russian aristocrats have to be full of doom and nihilism'' - The Times, Books of the Year
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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?
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[A] supremely uplifting novel ... It''s elegant, witty and delightful - much like the Count himself.
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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.
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A work of great charm, intelligence and insight.
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No historical novel was more witty, insightful and original
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Elegant sentences, wonderful characters and inventive storytelling . . . This is everything a novel should be: charming, witty, poetic and generous. An absolute delight.
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This novel is astonishing, uplifting and wise. Don’t miss it.
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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.
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I think the world feels so disordered right now. The count’s refinement and genteel nature are exactly what we’re longing for. His world was al