This book was absolutely perfect for a post-Christmas rush day of doing literally nothing but reading. It’s based in Russia, spanning the 1920s-50s and takes place primarily inside a luxury hotel. The protagonist, Count Alexander Rostov, has been living there for some time, but after being tried by the state on the heels of the Bolshevik revolution (for writing some questionable poetry), he is sentenced to house arrest in that same hotel for the rest of his life. He is stripped of the suite befitting […]
A slow read in a slow week…
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles