And he has to basically start his life fresh. His father has passed away while he was doing time and - to find that the farm is being foreclosed upon. The notion of the story is - right from the beginning for me was sort of an image of an honorable young man returning to a family farm driven by the warden after he's served time for really what was an accident. But then there's a man from the bank to welcome him home, isn't there? His father's died, and he has to take care of his little brother, Billy. He's just released from a juvie work farm. SIMON: Let me ask you about Emmett Watson, at the center of your story. Thank you so much for being with us.ĪMOR TOWLES: Thank you for having me, Scott. The author of the bestselling and highly acclaimed "A Gentleman In Moscow" has written a road story that diverges along two different roads in between a bright red Studebaker and a freight train, set in the early 1950s landscape of America's highways, railways and dreams.Īmor Towles joins us now. Kirkus Reviews calls Amor Towles' new novel, "The Lincoln Highway," a remarkable blend of sweetness and doom.
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