Amor Towles may surpass Scheherazade herself in his spinning of marvelous stories. The author of “Rules of Civility,” “A Gentleman in Moscow” and “The Lincoln Highway” has a new book, “Table for Two” — a collection of six stories set in New York City and a novella set in 1930s Los Angeles.
“City Lights” host Lois Reitzes spoke with Towles about his latest book.
“I thought wouldn’t it be interesting if a person wasn’t good at anything except standing in lines, but he was so good at it that he could become the best in an entire city,” said Towles.
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