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14
Sep
2020
Kansas City
via Zoom
MO
United States of America

Please join the Rotary Book Discussion Group on Zoom for the discussion of the book A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.  The book is available by mail order through the Rainy Day Books web site or call the store for curb-side pick up.  The discussion will be led by Vivien Jennings.  All Rotarians and guests are welcome.

About the book:

When, in 1922, thirty-year-old Count Alexander is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik  tribunal, he is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel near the Kremlin.  An indomitable man of erudition and wit, Rostov must now live in an attic room as some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold.  Unexpectedly, the Count’s reduced circumstances provide him an entry into a world of emotional discovery as he forges friendships with the hotel’s denizens.  But when fate puts the life of a young girl in his hands, he must draw on all his ingenuity to protect the future she deserves.  Hailed for its humor, intrigue, and beautifully rendered scenes, this singular novel casts a spell as it relates the Count’s endeavor to become a man of purpose.



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