The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway

The Lincoln Highway was my second audiobook listen of an Amor Towles book this year, and though it was much different from A Gentleman in Moscow, with its refined settings and characters, Towles complex storytelling style is just as on-point.

Eighteen-year-old Emmett has just been released from the work farm where he was serving time for involuntary manslaughter. His father has recently died and the family farm in Nebraska has been foreclosed. He and his young brother hatch a plan to drive west and start a new life--but two other boys from the work farm show up with different plants for Emmett.

I went into this expecting a road trip story, and it was--in a way--but the journey was just as unexpected for the reader as it was for Emmett. The story is told from multiple viewpoint and each is surprising and charming. Each character has his or her own agenda and it's fascinating to witness them moving in such opposition to one another. While not a page-turner, exactly, excellent narration, intriguing characters, and unexpected turns kept me listening.

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Publisher’s Description

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the work farm where he has just served a year 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 and head west 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.

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.

Details
Author: Amor Towles
Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction
Tag: Audiobooks
Publisher: Viking
Publication Year: 2021
ASIN: B08WRH53MY
ISBN: 9780735222359
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