Table for Two Table for Two

Table for Two

Fictions

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Publisher Description

A New York Times Bestseller


“This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times


“The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence. . . . Table for Two delivers the kick of a martini served in the Polo Lounge.” – The New York Times Book Review


Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.


The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. Told from seven points of view, “Eve in Hollywood” describes how one of Towles’s most beloved characters, the indomitable Evelyn Ross from Rules of Civility, crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 1930s Los Angeles.


Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2024
April 2
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
464
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
Penguin Random House LLC
SIZE
2.1
MB

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Table for Two

Wonderful stories. Consistently good tales, each one a gem.

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Brilliant

Brilliant in every way. The story telling, the characters, the language, the twists, the morals. Loved every second while reading this collection of stories.

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Table for Two

In every short story and novella in this book, a phrase or sentence about human nature or behavior stopped me in my tracks. Stopping so that I could read it again and think about it more slowly. What could be better? I loved it.

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