Table for Two: Fictions
Superb ... This may be Towles’ best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chef’s main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart ... These stories make clear that, at heart, he is a humanist with deep compassion for even the faultiest among us.
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A knockout collection of six stories and a longish novella ... eneath his coifed prose Towles is a master of the shiv, the bait and switch; we see the flash of light before the shock wave strikes, often in the final sentence ... Sharp-edged satire deceptively wrapped like a box of Neuhaus chocolates, Table for Two is a winner.
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These are jam-packed, juicy stories with lots of plot ... It's incredibly satisfying, old-fashioned storytelling with characters you care about, surprising but logical situations, liberal use of cliffhangers and, in each story, an ending that deals out fate in a way you won't have seen coming ... This is a book so packed with pleasure that even the letters are delightful.
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