This book is simply a joy to read. Towles writes like silk sheets -- you just want to hunker down, surround yourself in his words and in the Count's world. This is a book that should be read out-loud. His writing is lyrical and his themes transcendent.
For example ...
"But then, as every child knows, the drumbeat of the season must sound from within. ~
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