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Lynn Carr asked this question about A Gentleman in Moscow:

am almost finished with this excellent book, but I have a question. I must have missed the part where the Count became a waiter. Maybe my bookmark fell out. All of a sudden he goes from having hidden gold coins to working as a waiter in the hotel. How did he fall into these reduced circumstances? This book pretty much sums all the Russian books I have read into one very touching story.

Janie Prucha This was strange for me too, but then lots of the book is strange and especially confusing. I did read in an interview with Amor Towles, that, “the ch…moreThis was strange for me too, but then lots of the book is strange and especially confusing. I did read in an interview with Amor Towles, that, “the chapters advance by a doubling principal: one day after arrest, two days after, five days, ten days, three weeks, six weeks, three months, six months, one year, two years, four years, eight years, and sixteen years after arrest.” This would explain why there was such a leap of time between not being an employee of the hotel, to becoming the head waiter. See: https://www.amortowles.com/gentleman-...(less)

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