#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER More than ONE MILLION copies sold A
TODAY Show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick A New York Times Notable
Book, and Chosen by Oprah Daily, Time, NPR, The Washington Post,
Bill Gates and Barack Obama as a Best Book of the Year "Wise and
wildly entertaining . . . permeated with light, wit, youth." -The
New York Times Book Review "A classic that we will read for years
to come." -Jenna Bush Hager, Read with Jenna book club "A real
joyride . . . elegantly constructed and compulsively readable." -
NPR The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of
Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns
with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America 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. His mother long gone,
his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon
by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old
brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their
lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that
two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk
of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether
different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on
a fateful journey in the opposite direction-to the City of New
York. Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view,
Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered
literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly
imagined settings, characters, and themes. "Once again, I was wowed
by Towles's writing-especially because The Lincoln Highway is so
different from A Gentleman in Moscow in terms of setting, plot, and
themes. Towles is not a one-trick pony. Like all the best
storytellers, he has range. He takes inspiration from famous hero's
journeys, including The Iliad, The Odyssey, Hamlet, Huckleberry
Finn, and Of Mice and Men. He seems to be saying that our personal
journeys are never as linear or predictable as an interstate
highway. But, he suggests, when something (or someone) tries to
steer us off course, it is possible to take the wheel." - Bill
Gates
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