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02278aam a2200325 4500 001 A318EADC0DC911EF973F313347ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240509010027 020 $a 0593827260 020 $a 9780593827260 040 $d SILO 100 $a Towles, Amor. 245 $a Table for Two [11 CDs] / Amor Towles. 250 $a Unabridged. 264 1 $a New York $b Penguin Group USA $c 2024 300 $a 11 audio discs (13 hrs) 520 $a A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner. The New York Times 520 $a From the bestselling author of The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters 520 $a 520 $a Millions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood. 520 $a The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages. 520 $a In Towless novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, Eve in Hollywood describes how Eve crafts a new future for herselfand othersin a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles. 520 $a Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towless canon of stylish and transporting fiction 650 $a Short Stories (single author) $x Fiction. 650 $a Historical 20th Century General $x Fiction. 655 $a Literary $x Fiction. 008 s2024 941 $a 1 952 $l ZXPC675 $d 20240509014425.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A318EADC0DC911EF973F313347ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search