A Gentleman in Moscow: 1-53

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Amor Towles’ 2016 novel is one the most requested books in the history of the Close Reads community, so it’s only fair that we finally dig in! Join David, Heidi, and special guest, Ian Andrews of the Center for Lit, for an initial discussion of the themes of the book, what Towles does well, a bit on the historical context, and a whole bunch of wine talk at the end. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm David Kern.
0:03.8	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.2	I'm Ian Andrews.
0:06.6	Ian Andrews is back.
0:08.4	I'm back, baby.
0:09.8	We're here.
0:10.3	So exciting.
0:11.1	Old friend Ian Andrews, recurring guest, special guest.
0:15.5	We're here to discuss Amortol's 2016 novel, a gentleman of Moscow.
0:23.4	And Tim, Tim's a busy guy He's got this job, he got a promotion
0:26.1	And his life is just more complicated
0:28.1	He's wed, he's wed, yeah, yeah
0:31.2	And so Tim just said to us
0:33.1	And he did play on this ahead, he said
0:35.2	I think early in the fall I could use a close reads break.
0:40.8	And so we turned to an old friend.
0:43.2	To our trustee.
0:44.9	Yeah, exactly.
0:46.2	Trusty back up.
0:47.1	First off the bench.
0:47.9	I love it.
0:48.8	So Ian Andrews is here.
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