Table for twoMillions 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. Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication,

Slowly but surely

Insects knock against the light on the patio and the dog sits at the gate

the list of suspects is depressingly long

brown hyenas

the Sunday Times number one bestselling author and creator of Vera

her male staff walked out in protest

They chewed the fat

And somewhere men are inventing stories about her - about her affairs

Although his proposal comes as a surprise

tip and spread like wildfire

then driven to an isolated location where she was subjected to what sounds like an assault

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