A review by nicholberry
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5.0

Who would have thought that a book of this size about a man who's restricted to one building in all the world for 40 years could be so interesting. This is so well written - the history, the prose, the way he views the world, the character development of even the least important people in the story - amazing. I felt like I knew each one of them personally. There are moments in the book where the story gets a little sluggish, but then... bam! That ending. Well worth the wait.

I read it as an audio book and I must say that the "reader" did an extraordinary job... even to the impersonation of Peter Lorre and Humphrey Bogart in a couple of snippets from Casablanca. Delightful all around.