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Literally everything you'd want in a book. Amor Towles is my favorite writer, in much the same way John Irving was my favorite writer in the 80's. I will read anything he writes!
This book has it all - lots of character development, philosophical standpoint, exciting plot. Just a great read. ...more
This book has it all - lots of character development, philosophical standpoint, exciting plot. Just a great read. ...more

I have now enjoyed all three of Amor Towles' novels. While the characters and settings have been very different, there is an undercurrent of integrity that runs through each of them. The Lincoln Highway tells the story primarily of three teens. One of them also has a little brother who is smart beyond his years. The teenagers have all done time in a juvenile facility in the early 1950s. When Emmett Watson is released early because of his father's death, he wants to grab his brother and grab his
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