Towles creates a lush yet uneasy world of artifice and hidden agendas that intrigues and delights. The dialog, the real-life settings-everything comes together perfectly to recreate the golden ear of Manhattan, reminiscent of classic movies starring the likes of Carole Lombard, Clark Gable, Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, or Katherine Hepburn. I don’t think the setting could have been any better depicted. Amor Towles’s rich language and vivid description bring to life a fully realized world and nuanced characters I did not want to leave behind. Tracy’s Thoughts: First, let me say that I adored this book. The novel focuses on Katey’s life and choices of the following year, as she finds herself forming new relationships and mingling in the upper echelons of New York society.įirst Line: “On the night of October 4th, 1966, Val and I, both in late middle age, attended the opening of Many Are Called at the Museum of Modern Art-the first exhibit of the portraits taken by Walker Evans in the 1930s on the New York subway with a hidden camera.” That meeting and the resulting friendship leads to far-reaching consequences for each of their lives. Both girls are fascinated by the sophisticated yet boyish banker and the trio struck up an immediate if tenuous friendship.
Summary: Katey Kontent and her roommate meet Tinker Gray by chance on New Year’s Eve 1937 at a jazz bar in Greenwich Village. Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Genre: Historical Fiction Audience: Adult Format: Audiobook
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