A review by smsloyer
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5.0

This story, of a Former Person confined to a hotel in the heart of Moscow during the Soviet era, has a particular fondness in my heart after reading it. It has the ability to speak to a man in all stages of his life as we follow the Count progress in his, a man of a bygone era growing old in a godless society. It can spark interest in the tiniest of details of life, inspiring us by the gentlemanly attention the Count paid to every person he conversed with, drank with, and waited on.

If I had any complaint, it would be the relative brevity. If only more was written on Count Rostov's decades in the Metropol! This is simply a delightful read.