Table for Two: Fictions Beauty and brimming over with clever

and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun

infatuated by its charismatic leader and his promises of absolute freedom

Back at his studio

and the two strike up a budding friendship

a staff writer at The Atlantic and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in criticism

Table for Two: Fictions Beauty and brimming over with cleverA New York Times Bestseller This may be Towles best book yet. Each tale is as satisfying as a master chefs main course, filled with drama, wit, erudition and, most of all, heart. Los Angeles Times The book spans the 20th century, bringing characters into tableaus of deceit and desire. Beneath 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. . . .