Mason
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Amor Towles:
Do you have plans to revisit characters (Sofia, for example) in future novels?
Amor Towles
The character Richard "Dicky" Vanderwhile appears in both RULES OF CIVILITY and A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW. And there a number of overlaps between RULES and THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY. So, it's always possible...
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Katie
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Amor Towles:
Just finished The Lincoln Highway- it was truly beautiful and so worth the wait- thank you ( will we need to wait 5 years for the next one?! :) Your characters always resonate but every single one in this book stays with you. Love Billy so much however have all sorts of feeling for Duchess. You paint him so vividly- are your characters based on real life experiences/people? Best regards Katie
Roberta McNulty
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Amor Towles:
I have just returned from a two week holiday in Russia travelling from St Petersburg to Moscow by river. Moscow is a beautiful city and we learned a lot about Russian culture from a perfect English speaking Russian tour guide. It was so wonderful reading A Gentleman in Moscow as I knew all the places mentioned in the book as well as the historical references. Did you spend much time in Moscow before you wrote it?
Andrew
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Amor Towles:
Mr. Towles - We loved The Lincoln Highway but were shocked and disappointed to see you casually traffic in grossly antisemitic tropes. The statements (p.214) of Jews that "could hardly be trusted to give him a fair price" and needing to ensure that Billy "wasn't taken advantage of" by Jews (p.215) were entirely gratuitous and beneath a man of your intellect and sophistication. Why would you use such language?
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