A Gentleman in Moscow: Finis

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

We have come to the conclusion of Amor Towles’ novel, so this week David, Heidi, and Ian discussed the Casablanca of it all, whether the book ends in a satisfying fashion, and the count’s trajectory of growth.

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0:00.0	Hello, I'm David Kern.
0:04.0	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.6	And I'm Ian Andrews.
0:07.4	You're listening to Close Reads, a podcast for The Incurable Reader,
0:10.9	on which we are discussing Amor Toll's novel,
0:13.2	A Gentleman in Moscow.
0:14.6	And in fact, we are discussing the end of a gentleman in Moscow,
0:18.3	or rather we are discussing the entire book instead of segments
0:22.2	along the way. So we'll talk about the end and more. Ian, how are you? Doing great. Doing great.
0:29.0	Loved reading the end of this book. Can't wait to talk about it. Heidi, how are you? Same.
0:34.5	Well, fine. Let's just do it then yeah this is exciting
0:37.5	be done with the small talk right okay so we've come to the end
0:39.8	here's what I want to do
0:41.1	and this is not just because people
0:42.9	criticize us for being too negative
0:44.3	or rather complained about it
0:46.7	I don't know what the phrases that you want to use
0:48.2	I thought we were negative to begin with
0:50.6	because they thought we were too positive
0:52.0	we were and we can't win here
0:53.3	exactly exactly okay um okay to begin with because they thought we were too positive. We were. We can't win. Exactly.
0:55.0	It's okay.
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