Susan’s Bookshelves: A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

I found this 2016 novel lurking in a forgotten corner of my Kindle library. I bought it last year, apparently. Someone must have recommended it but at this distance I have no idea who. Anyway, whoever you are, thank you, because once I got going, after what seemed like faintly creaky opening chapters, I liked […]

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