NEWS & NOTEWORTHY
New York Times Book Review
A Count Becomes a Waiter in a Novel of Soviet Supremacy
"Beyond the door of the luxurious Hotel Metropol lies Theater Square and the rest of Moscow, and beyond its city limits the tumultuous landscape of 20th-century Russia. The year 1922 is a good starting point for a Russian epic, but for the purposes of his sly and winning second novel, Amor Towles forgoes descriptions of icy roads and wintry dachas and instead retreats into the warm hotel lobby. The Metropol, with its customs and routines, is a world unto itself..."
You can read the full review here.
Washington Post Review
‘A Gentleman in Moscow’ is a charming reminder of what it means to be classy
Wall Street Journal Profile and Interview
You can find the interview I gave to the Wall Street Journal's Lucy Feldman (while comfortably seated at the Russian Tea Room) here.