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In the fifty-fourth episode of GREAT PODVERSATIONS, Bestselling Novelist AMOR TOWLES discusses his book Table for Two, with New York Times‘ Book Critic ALEXANDRA JACOBS.
Amor Towles is the author of the bestsellers The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility. His novels have collectively sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Both Bill Gates and President Barack Obama included A Gentleman in Moscow and The Lincoln Highway on their annual book recommendation lists. Rules of Civility was named by The Wall Street Journal as one of the best books of the year, and the book’s French translation received the 2012 Prix Fitzgerald.
In Table for Two, Towles shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.
“Superb … This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times
“Towles excels with this collection. Readers unfamiliar with his novels will love these examples of his shorter fiction and they will be pure catnip to his legions of fans. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal, starred review
Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’ canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
Alexandra Jacobs is a book critic for The New York Times and the author of Still Here: the Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch. She has contributed to many other publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Observer, and Entertainment Weekly.
Table for Two by Amor Towles
The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
Still Here: the Madcap, Nervy, Singular Life of Elaine Stritch by Alexandra Jacobs
Original air date: 10/25/24
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