Judi Ross
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Amor Towles:
I just started The Lincoln Highway and am loving it. I have 2 questions. You use the terms Mitzvah and putz and reference the Jews of 47th street. Is one of the characters Jewish? Can you share a little background on Woolly as it relates to Rules of Civility?
Amor Towles
Judi, the Yiddish words in the book are all mentioned by Duchess. While we don't know his religion, he grew up among Vaudeville performers and lived in downtown New York, so would certainly have encountered Yiddish in the course of his daily life. I'm not sure how to answer your question about Woolly. There are a few overlappings between RULES OF CIVILITY and LINCOLN HIGHWAY, but I think you can interpret the without me!
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Felix Sirovski
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Amor Towles:
Dear Sir, I'm afraid some of the realities you describe in your book Gentleman in Moscow didn't exist. There were no officers ranks in the Red Army in 1918, also NKVD didn't exist at this time. There were CheKa (Extraordinary Commission) and GPU (Chief Political Directorate) later on. Vyshinski in 1918 was a nobody. And I doubt that CheKa members would adress anyone as a "count". Would you care to comment?
Cody
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Amor Towles:
Dear Mr Towles, I throughly enjoyed A Gentleman in Moscow (and feel I have to rate it as the best book of 2016) and am looking forward to reading Rules of Civility. In the former, the subject of Russian literature continually appears. I was just curious what your favourite piece of classical Russian literature is and why?
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