A review by mhverney
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5.0

Wonderful - I wish I could give it 10 stars. A perfect novel. Count Rostov, held under house arrest in a luxury Moscow hotel for decades, is so alive that it is hard to remember he is a fictional character. It’s a long time since a book has kept me reading in the middle of the day as if nothing else mattered. I waited for years before reading this book because I didn’t think it could live up to the hype, but it does, and then some more.