Manhasset Public Library Book Discussion: Table for Two

Join librarian Cheryl for a lively discussion of Table for Two, by Amor Towles.  For this discussion, we will be talk about the last story in the collection, "Eve Goes to Hollywood,"  pages 229-451.  

From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters

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.

In Towles's novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross, best friend of Katey Kontent, leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of 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.