The literary community has been waiting for a follow-up to the Towles’ debut bestseller Rules of Civility. Dare I say, his second outing is even better. Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov finds himself in an awkward time to be aristocracy. The Bolshevik revolution has dismantled the Russian monarchy and finds anything from the old culture dangerous and…
As most of my readers know by now, I greatly enjoyed Rules of Civility by Amor Towles (You can see my review here). Towles finds that magical balance between bright, vibrant characters and poignant, basely human moments. Eve in Hollywood is a novella, written exclusively for e-publication, that picks up where we left off…
The overall theme is that life is an adventure unwritten, and not every turning reveals good fortune. When a shattering accident affects all in their small but close-knit group, it sends each shard of their relationship in multiple directions.