THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES. 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. The Lincoln Highway: A New York Times Number One Bestseller rrp 9.99 Description. 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. 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. Two brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow. 'The best novel I've read in years' CHRIS CLEAVE 'Already feels like an American coming of age classic' RED 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. They are getting ready to leave their old life behind and head out to sunny California.īut they're not alone. His new novel, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY, will be released on October 5, 2021. The two novels have collectively sold more than four million copies and have been translated into more than thirty languages. The Lincoln Highway: A New York Times Number One Bestseller by Towles, Amor and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOWDeserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre OBSERVERAn absolute beauty of a book. Amor Towles is the author of New York Times bestsellers RULES OF CIVILITY and A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW. in which the miles fly by and the pages turn fast' ANN PATCHETT 'Welcome to the enormous pleasure that is The Lincoln Highway.
As soon as I finished it, I wanted to read it again' TANA FRENCH 'Deserves a place alongside Kerouac, Steinbeck and Wolfe as the very best of the genre' OBSERVER
THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERįROM THE AUTHOR OF RULES OF CIVILITY AND A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW
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