Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Two brothers venture across 1950s America in the absorbing New York Times bestselling novel by the author of A Gentleman in Moscow

THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
FROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW

‘Deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre’ OBSERVER

‘An absolute beauty of a book. As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again’ TANA FRENCH

‘Welcome to the enormous pleasure that is The Lincoln Highway . . . in which the miles fly by and the pages turn fast’ ANN PATCHETT

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett returns home to his younger brother Billy after serving fifteen months in a juvenile facility for involuntary manslaughter. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California.

But they’re not alone. Two runaways from the youth work farm, Duchess and Wolly, have followed Emmett all the way to Nebraska with a plan of their own, one that will take the four of them on an unexpected and fateful journey in the opposite direction – to New York City.

‘Already feels like an American coming of age classic’ RED

‘The best novel I’ve read in years’ CHRIS CLEAVE

‘Wise and wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth’ THE NEW YORK TIMES

In June of 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson, released after serving fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter, discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden’s car and have hatched a different plan for Emmett’s future.

About the Author: Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers Rules of Civility, A Gentleman in Moscow, and The Lincoln Highway. The three novels have collectively sold more than five million copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children.

07 Jul 2022
 

The Lincoln Highway: A New York Times Number One Bestseller by Amor Towles ISBN 9781529157642