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Table for Two

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Best Seller
Hardcover
$32.00 US
6.27"W x 9.27"H x 1.45"D  
On sale Apr 02, 2024 | 464 Pages | 9780593296370
Grades 9-12 + AP/IB
An Instant New York Times Bestseller

“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York Times

“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times

 
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.

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.

In Towles’s 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 herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.

Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.
© Dmitri Kasterine
Amor Towles is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility. His novels have collectively sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. View titles by Amor Towles
An International Bestseller

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the New York Times Book Review Podcast, Reader’s Digest, Time, and more

An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024


“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York Times
 
“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times
 
Table for Two is a smorgasbord of deliciously mischievous tales imbued with Towles' signature wit and worldliness.” —Time
 
“These are jam-packed, juicy stories.” —Star Tribune

“Delightful.” —People

“The author of A Gentleman in Moscow delights with six sophisticated short stories and a noirish novella.”Tampa Bay Times
 
“Towles continues to show his signature wit and literary prowess in this new collection, making Table for Two a can’t-miss for current or future fans of his work.” —Chicago Review of Books

“Towles excels with this collection. Readers unfamiliar with his novels will love these examples of his shorter fiction and they will be pure catnip to his legions of fans. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal, starred review
                                                     
Table for Two is a masterful, subtle collection of thoroughly entertaining stories.” —BookPage

“Amor Towles is a master of language and one of the best storytellers of our time. In Table for Two, he lives up to his well-deserved reputation as a first-rate craftsman.”Bookreporter

“A sneakily entertaining assortment of tales.” —Kirkus

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An Instant New York Times Bestseller

“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York Times

“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times

 
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.

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.

In Towles’s 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 herself—and others—in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.

Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles’s canon of stylish and transporting fiction.

Author

© Dmitri Kasterine
Amor Towles is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Lincoln Highway, A Gentleman in Moscow, and Rules of Civility. His novels have collectively sold millions of copies and have been translated into more than thirty-five languages. Towles lives in Manhattan with his wife and two children. View titles by Amor Towles

Praise

An International Bestseller

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2024 by the New York Times Book Review Podcast, Reader’s Digest, Time, and more

An NPR Favorite Fiction Read of 2024


“A knockout collection. ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.” —The New York Times
 
“Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef's main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart.” —Los Angeles Times
 
Table for Two is a smorgasbord of deliciously mischievous tales imbued with Towles' signature wit and worldliness.” —Time
 
“These are jam-packed, juicy stories.” —Star Tribune

“Delightful.” —People

“The author of A Gentleman in Moscow delights with six sophisticated short stories and a noirish novella.”Tampa Bay Times
 
“Towles continues to show his signature wit and literary prowess in this new collection, making Table for Two a can’t-miss for current or future fans of his work.” —Chicago Review of Books

“Towles excels with this collection. Readers unfamiliar with his novels will love these examples of his shorter fiction and they will be pure catnip to his legions of fans. Highly recommended.”—Library Journal, starred review
                                                     
Table for Two is a masterful, subtle collection of thoroughly entertaining stories.” —BookPage

“Amor Towles is a master of language and one of the best storytellers of our time. In Table for Two, he lives up to his well-deserved reputation as a first-rate craftsman.”Bookreporter

“A sneakily entertaining assortment of tales.” —Kirkus

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