A Gentleman In Moscow

It is his second novel published five years after his new york times best seller rules of civility 2011.

A gentleman in moscow. Flair is always the goal. A luscious stage set backdrop for a downright casablanca like drama the san francisco chronicle. On june 21 1922 count alexander ilyich rostov is sentenced to a life of house arrest in moscow s metropol hotel. And the result is a winning stylish novel that keeps things easy.

A gentleman in moscow is a novel that aims to charm not be the axe for the frozen sea within us. What was the origin of the idea. A gentleman in moscow tells the story of a russian aristocrat living under house arrest in a luxury hotel for more than thirty years. A gentleman in moscow offers a chance to sink back into a lost attitude of aristocracy equal parts urbane and humane just what we might expect from the author of that 2011 bestseller.

Over the two decades that i was in the investment business i travelled a good deal for my firm. A russian aristocrat is spared from death and placed on house arrest while the bolshevik revolution plays out before him. Special keys secret compartments gold coins vials of coveted liquid old fashioned pistols duels and scars hidden assignations discreet and smoky stolen passports a ruby necklace mysterious letters on elegant hotel stationery. Published in 2016 a gentleman in moscow by american author amor towles is the story of count alexander rostov a russian nobleman who after the bolshevik revolution of 1917 is sentenced to lifelong imprisonment in moscow s metropol hotel.