{"title":"Amor Towles","description":"Amor Towles is the author of the New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow. The two novels have collectively sold more than four million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.","products":[{"product_id":"table-for-two-fictions-paperback","title":"Table for Two: Fictions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This may be Towles' best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . \u003ci\u003eTable for Two \u003c\/i\u003edelivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, \"Eve in Hollywood\" describes how one of Towles's most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e, crafts a new future for herself--and others--in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, \u003ci\u003eTable for Two\u003c\/i\u003e is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101170274527,"sku":"9780593296394","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/qmczj_hHS79780593296394.webp?v=1781068397"},{"product_id":"a-gentleman-in-moscow-paperback","title":"A Gentleman in Moscow - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a Showtime\/Paramount series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the #1\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e-bestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e of \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Highway \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility, \u003c\/i\u003ea beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count's endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101598814431,"sku":"9781524708696","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/REROdDFnZEFDak9reGtvSjYvWWJEdz09.webp?v=1781071798"},{"product_id":"the-lincoln-highway-a-read-with-jenna-pick-hardcover","title":"The Lincoln Highway: A Read with Jenna Pick - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eMore than ONE MILLION copies sold\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book, \u003cb\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eReaders' Choice Best Book of the Century, \u003c\/b\u003eand Chosen by \u003ci\u003eOprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A classic that we will read for years to come.\" --\u003cb\u003eJenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fantastic. Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope\u003cb\u003e.\" --Bill Gates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.\" \u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction--to the City of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. \"Once again, I was wowed by Towles's writing--especially because \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Highway\u003c\/i\u003e is so different from \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. 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Set in 1954, Towles uses the story of two brothers to show that our personal journeys are never as linear or predictable as we might hope\u003cb\u003e.\" --Bill Gates\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A real joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable.\" \u003cb\u003e--NPR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction--to the City of New York. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes. \"Once again, I was wowed by Towles's writing--especially because \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Highway\u003c\/i\u003e is so different from \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e in terms of setting, plot, and themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best storytellers, he has range. 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Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, \u003ci\u003eTable for Two\u003c\/i\u003e is a winner.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Lincoln Highway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Gentleman in Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Towles's novel \u003ci\u003eRules of Civility\u003c\/i\u003e, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, \"Eve in Hollywood\" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself--and others--in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, \u003ci\u003eTable for Two \u003c\/i\u003eis another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101658288351,"sku":"9780593296370","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/aGEyjjZkO-9780593296370.webp?v=1781071919"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/amor-towles.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}