Author Amor Towles on new book "The Lincoln Highway"

"The Lincoln Highway” was named the best book of the year by Amazon, and six months after publication it is still on bestseller lists, as more people discover its unique charms. Jeff Glor spoke to author Amor Towles about the book and why it is different from any book Towles has written in the past.
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[@mallorygraf8574]

His books are keepers...I was looking for a used copy of "A Gentleman in Moscow" and never found it! People keep his books...darn it!😄

[@whiplash8461]

Buy your own. You will keep it forever.

[@ig8542]

I am in love with his books!

[@UnknownPascal-sc2nk]

The Big Roads by Earl Swift (great last name, right?) covers the entire development of the US Highway system including the Lincoln Highway. Towles background is similar to Michael Lewis.

[@s.annehancock730]

Mr. Towles is, himself, so delightfully civil. Humility, humor and nice to see a happy author! Keep story telling Amor!

[@HerAeolianHarp]

I enjoyed The Lincoln Highway and feel it is very consciously working hard to weave in the American canon: Huck Finn, Faulkner and even Kerouac, and I loved many parts of the book, but I was frustrated with some things left hanging in the open (no spoilers from me), and I can see how a sequel could easily follow. Towles is great at realizing character, but his hand seems unequal, as the key protagonist needed more fleshing out. Well worth reading. The Amazon best seller list is dominated by Harry Potter, so I think I can give that a miss. Towles hooked me with his amassed Americana, rich details of time and place.

[@mackenziesigmon898]

I think you summed the book up perfectly. It really is an Americana story, steeped in loose ends.

[@alyssayu1979]

Wow, he is so talented and so unpretentious. 😍😍😂😂

[@JF-co8wj]

This book is on my TBR list

[@lizannewhitlow1085]

Beautiful dark green wallpaper in his office. 📚📚 Ps. We could use some rules of civility now, eh?

[@MInosChannel]

The Lincoln highway

[@UkeCan1]

His name is "Tolls". 😆

[@mxyzptlk...]

It's unfortunate Amor Towles isn't a better writer.

[@matthew4694]

Can you unpack that a bit more for us? I find him to be remarkably talented.

[@mxyzptlk...]

@@matthew4694 His prose isn't as tight as I would like, and his dialogue is predictable. This is a subjective analysis of of his novels, because I'm biased towards avant-garde fiction.