Amor Towles's A Gentleman In Moscow

In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, and is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel’s doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.

This is a fantastic book. The plot is creative and engaging, and the major character is just fun to read about. But beyond that, the use of language is charming, funny, and very moving. A fantastic read! September 2nd, 2022