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A review by elisabeth7291
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
5.0
Recommended on the "What Should I Read Next?" podcast, I was first intrigued by the structure of the book that jumps in time in doubling increments (two years, four years, eight years, etc.) and then descends to its denouement in the opposite succession. Any author that clever must be worth a shot. And clever ended up being exactly the right word for this novel. From structure to characters to plot, THIS is a clever book.
Set just after the Russian revolution, a former state sympathizer is sentenced to house arrest in the posh Moscow Metropol hotel. Within these confines the Count meets three women who, in their own way, stretch his assumptions of what is possible within his confines. Mixed in are endearing staff from the hotel as well as a host of characters from the Count's past and/or his still very intact well regarded reputation.
Set just after the Russian revolution, a former state sympathizer is sentenced to house arrest in the posh Moscow Metropol hotel. Within these confines the Count meets three women who, in their own way, stretch his assumptions of what is possible within his confines. Mixed in are endearing staff from the hotel as well as a host of characters from the Count's past and/or his still very intact well regarded reputation.