In 1922, Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by the Bolshevik tribunal.
He is sentenced to house arrest throughout some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history.
Published in 2016, it has taken me ten years to read this book because how could a 461 page story in tiny font about a man living in an attic possibly hold my interest?
And then I began, only to savour every beautifully written word until the end.
Charming (heads up, Alexander is one to fall in love with), intelligent, funny, elegant.
A book that has found a spot in my top 10 favourite books.
-Dom Heriot, Holbrook Library
