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Oct 5, 2021 · Oct. 5, 2021. THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. By Amor Towles. Amor Towles’s third novel begins with a deceptively straightforward premise.
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Oct 5, 2021 · The Lincoln Highway is a joyride. Amor Towles' new Great American Road Novel tails four boys — three 18-year-olds who met in a juvenile reformatory, plus a brainy 8-year-old — as they set...
Oct 5, 2021 · 263,569 ratings27,786 reviews. Goodreads Choice Award. Nominee for Best Historical Fiction (2021) The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America.
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First, I do think calling this novel The Lincoln Highwayis a bit misleading. I thought it was going to be a road trip/buddy story that took the reader on the actual Lincoln Highway where I assumed we would visit plenty of small towns on the journey, meet interesting and quirky people and get to the final destination in a big, grand finale kind of w...
We read the story from the third-hand perspectives of Emmett; his brother Billy; Woolly, one of the friends who escaped the work farm and several other characters. But we read the first-person perspectives of Duchess, the other friend who escaped the work farm and Sally, one of Emmett’s friends from Nebraska. It’s interesting that the author Amor T...
Much of the novel features Amor Towles in his signature style—warmhearted, big and epic storytelling. However, the last 60 or so pages really came out of left field for me. When I finished it, my husband asked how it was and I said, “I’m unsure.” Again, it’s a long novel but bizarrely, it almost changes in tone and genre, especially toward the end....
So what are my thoughts overall? I think the book is beautifully-written—Amor Towles really can write a truly masterful novel. But I do feel that the story missed the mark in several areas and I felt it dragged too. I’m still unsure about the tone shift because while shocking, it did not give a satisfying ending. I think this needed either an epilo...
Oct 4, 2021 · Amor Towles’s ‘The Lincoln Highway’ is a long and winding road through the hopes and failures of mid-century America. Review by Hamilton Cain. October 5, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. EDT.
Oct 5, 2021 · Reviews. FICTION. shop now. bookshelf. Awards & Accolades. Likes. 17. Our Verdict. GET IT. Kirkus Reviews' Best Books Of 2021. New York Times Bestseller. IndieBound Bestseller. THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. by Amor Towles ‧RELEASE DATE: Oct. 5, 2021. An exhilarating ride through Americana. bookshelf. shop now. Awards & Accolades. Likes. 17. Our Verdict.
Reviews of The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Summary | Excerpt | Reading Guide | Reviews | Beyond the book | Read-Alikes | Genres & Themes | Author Bio. The Lincoln Highway. A Novel. by Amor Towles. Critics' Opinion: Readers' Opinion: First Published: Oct 2021, 592 pages. Paperback: Mar 2023, 592 pages. Genres. Rate this book. Book Reviewed by:
