Amor Towles was born and raised in the Boston area. He graduated from Yale University and received an MA in … More
Tag: Cold War
Stalin’s Englishman: the lives of Guy Burgess by Andrew Lownie
The story of the Cambridge Spy Ring, or the Magnifivent Five as they were dubbed by the media, continues to … More
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
In the follow-up to his debut novel, Rules of Civility, author Amor Towles has written another fascinating and lyrical historical … More
Us Conductors by Sean Michaels
I’m always a little suspicious of award winning books because their selection by committee often means that compromises have been … More
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