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favourite – it is like recommending an old friend – so we were excited when the advanced reading copies arrived to see if Amor Towles could deliver.on his new book…and he hasf. all,

“There is a remarkable blend of sweetness and doom.tIt is intricateb, but not complex. A veryntly moving exploration of the many unexpected turns a journey.can make, with more thant, ‘Do

a passing nod to Huckleberry Fin’ n…andplied somehow Mr Towles makes it all effortless, but at the same time exhilarating.” en, many…

“In June 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the les

juvenile work farm where he has justiserved fifteen months for the only mistake he’s ever made. us in

With his mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm fore’ closed by the bank,iEmmettiplans to pick up his eight year old brother Billy and head to California to start a new life. But when the warden drives off, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have stowed away in the trunk of the warden’s car. They have. a very different plan for Emmett and Billy… one that will take them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction to New York City.”

Highly recommended.