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The mega-bestseller with more than 2 million readers, soon to be a Showtime/Paramount series starring Ewan McGregor as Count Alexander Rostov
From the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway and Rules of Civility, a beautifully transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel
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.
Brimming with humor, a glittering cast of characters, and one beautifully rendered scene after another, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the count’s endeavor to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose.
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Customers find the visuals engaging and beautiful. They also describe the entertainment value as engaging, funny, and worth while. Readers praise the descriptiveness as well written with subtle humor and a fascinating look at Russian and European courtly manners. They love the rich characters and depth of ideas. They describe the tone as remarkable, refined, tender-hearted, and unrepentant. Customers also mention the historical setting as great, suspenseful, and fascinating. Opinions differ on the pacing, with some finding it beautifully paced and others saying it gets a little slow in the second act.
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