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\nThe be stselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow returns with The Lincoln Highway< /em>\, a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America. In June\, 1954 \, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warde n of the juvenile work farm where he has just served 15 months for involun tary manslaughter. His mother long gone\, his father recently deceased\, a nd the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank\, Emmett's intention is to pick up his 8 year-old brother\, Billy\, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away\, Emmett disc overs that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the tr unk of the warden's car. Together\, they have hatched an altogether differ ent plan for Emmett's future\, one that will take them all on a fateful jo urney in the opposite direction-to the City of New York. Spanning just 10 days and told from multiple points of view\, Towles's third novel will sat isfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an ar ray of new and richly imagined settings\, characters\, and themes. \;< /p>\nhttps://tscpl.libnet.info/event/6029312 URL;VALUE=URI:https://tscpl.libnet.info/event/6029312 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR