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The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles
Set the in the mid 1950s, we meet Emmett as he is being driven home after spending time at a juvenile work farm. With his father recently-deceased and his mother long missing, Emmett intends to pick up his younger brother, Billy, and drive across country to start a new and, hopefully, prosperous life. Of course, life is never that simple and two stowaways from the detention centre wreak havoc on Emmett’s plans. Billy also has his own idea, and this is where the title originates. Billy is desperate to follow the Lincoln Highway, which starts in New York and ends in San Francisco where the boys believe their mother to be. We follow Emmett, Billy and their friends on this most unusual journey and that’s where the magic is in this beautifully written story about love, doing the right thing, and sometimes the wrong thing but for the right reasons, and finding friendship in the most unlikely places. Amor Towles’ previous novels are A Gentleman In Moscow and Rules Of Civility. Both are fabulous reads. Highly recommended.
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