The Lincoln Highway

By (author) Towles Amor
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THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

''Deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre'' OBSERVER

''An absolute beauty of a book. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again'' TANA FRENCH

''Welcome to the enormous pleasure that is The Lincoln Highway . . . in which the miles fly by and the pages turn fast'' ANN PATCHETT

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett returns home to his younger brother Billy after serving fifteen months in a juvenile facility for involuntary manslaughter. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California.

But they''re not alone. Two runaways from the youth work farm, Duchess and Wolly, have followed Emmett all the way to Nebraska with a plan of their own, one that will take the four of them on an unexpected and fateful journey in the opposite direction - to New York City.

''Already feels like an American coming of age classic'' RED

''The best novel I''ve read in years'' CHRIS CLEAVE

''Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth'' THE NEW YORK TIMES

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[A] novel that is as much about the literary history of the American road as it is about the journey itself, and deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre
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The best novel I''ve read in years. Epic and original, mesmeric and life-affirming, in The Lincoln Highway Amor Towles takes his unmatched gift for storytelling and puts it on the road. Every beautiful paragraph takes the reader a mile further into a world where our choices matter, where life surprises us, and where people are worth the trouble. This is one of those rare and special books that drive us home to ourselves
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An absolute beauty of a book. Every character is a gem, the many locations spring to vivid life, the book is an intricate and moving exploration of journeys and the infinite unexpected turns they can take - and somehow Towles makes it all seem effortless. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again.
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Welcome to the enormous pleasure that is The Lincoln Highway, a big book of camaraderie and adventure in which the miles fly by and the pages turn fast. Set over the course of ten riveting days, the story of these four boys unfolds, refolds, tears, and is taped back together. When you aren''t actually reading the book, you''ll be worrying about the characters, so you might as well stay in your chair and keep reading
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Finely observed and beautifully written. Amor Towles is that rare combination of writer and storyteller.

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Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth
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A big hearted adventure told with brio
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Magnificent . . . Towles is a supreme storyteller, and this one-of-a-kind kind of novel isn''t to be missed
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Amor Towles''s third novel is fantastic!...Wise, witty and entirely wonderful, this is a superlative slice of storytelling
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A delight from beginning to end
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With exquisitely drawn characters, beautiful writing and a real sense of moral integrity, The Lincoln Highway already feels like an American coming of age classic to sit alongside The Catcher In The Rye and To Kill A Mockingbird
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CRAMMED full of emotion, madcap escapades and huge