The Lincoln Highway

Finely observed and beautifully written. Amor Towles is that rare combination of writer and storyteller. JEFFREY ARCHER\r\n_________________________\r\nTwo brothers venture across 1950s America to New York in the absorbing new novel by the author of the bestselling A Gentleman in Moscow.\r\n\r\nIn 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.\r\n\r\nWith 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.\r\n\r\nBut when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have stowed away in the trunk of the wardens car. They have a very different plan for Emmetts future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction - to New York City.\r\n\r\nBursting 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.