Title: A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW
Author: Amor Towles
Genre: Fiction/Historical fiction
Summary: In 1922, 30-year-old Count Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors.
Rating: Very good
Why I Like It: The book is very different and contains many interesting characters and some surprises. Also, the backdrop of Russian history was interesting. It took awhile to really get into the book, but well worth it.
Other:
Reviewer: Kathy
Author: Amor Towles
Genre: Fiction/Historical fiction
Summary: In 1922, 30-year-old Count Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors.
Rating: Very good
Why I Like It: The book is very different and contains many interesting characters and some surprises. Also, the backdrop of Russian history was interesting. It took awhile to really get into the book, but well worth it.
Other:
Reviewer: Kathy
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