Author: Amor Towles
Nominated By : Cherie Smith
fiction
Count Alesander- recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew, member of the Jockey Club, Master of the Hunt- is a "former person."Russia's new Soviet masters have sentenced him to house arrest in Moscow's luxurious Metropol Hotel, where he lives out his days decorating the dining room. " The mind is its own place, and in itself, can make a heaven of hell, or hell of heaven.