Author(s): Amor Towles

General Fiction

Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow. In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter.With his mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett plans to pick up his eight-year-old brother Billy and head to California to start a new life.But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have stowed away in the trunk of the warden's car. They have a very different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction - to New York City. Bursting with life, charm, richly imagined settings and unforgettable characters, The Lincoln Highway is an extraordinary journey through 1950s America from the pen of a master storyteller.

MATILDA BOOKSHOP REVIEW

In this epic tale, Emmett has just been released from juvenile detention and returns to his recently deceased Father's farm to reunite with his 8 year old brother Billy, and his powder blue Studebaker. Here begins their long journey across the Lincoln Highway from one side of the U.S to the other. With a nod to the epic tales of The Odyssey and The Count of Monte Cristo, I was enthralled from start to finish and found myself immersed in the people, places, twists and turns of their journey. This is a great read for fans of the classic American writers, Irving and Steinbeck. Simon