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The Lincoln Highway

ID 404660
Slug the-lincoln-highway
Contributors
Author : Amor Towles
Annotation
Description <p>The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America 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. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction&mdash;to the City of New York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.</p>
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Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Penguin US
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 576
Duration
Publication date first 2021-10-30
Publication date latest 2022-07-25
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Editions
  • ISBN: 9780593489338 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9781529157642 (BC)
  • ISBN: 9781786332523 (BB)

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