《莫斯科紳士》作者亞莫爾．托歐斯新作
 
　　這群不被社會接受的青少年，穿越半個美國，只為追求夢想
亞莫爾．托歐斯帶領讀者踏上橫跨美國的林肯公路，傾聽1950年代小人物的心聲
 
　　艾密特是個剛從少年觀護所出來的18歲少年，因為過失殺人而入觀護所15個月，如今刑滿，由輔導長載他回內布拉斯加州。他的母親早就拋下家庭，父親也在不久前去世，家裡唯一留下的農場被法拍，艾密特唯一的牽掛就是8歲的小弟比利。在觀護所裡的日子他已經做好打算，要帶上比利去風光明媚的西岸，重新開始新的生活，然而比利卻另有打算，他想著到了舊金山後，久別的媽媽一定在那裡迎接兩兄弟的到來。
 
　　當兄弟兩把所剩不多的家當，全都搬上艾密特那台藍色小車準備出發時，卻迎來了兩個不速之客－Duchess和Woolly，少年觀護所裡的夥伴。他們其實刑期未滿，偷偷把自己塞在輔導長的車廂裡，一路跟過來。兩人的出現，打亂了Emmett原有的計畫，朝著西岸的旅途一百八十度大轉彎，目的地變成了紐約這顆大蘋果。四個少年踏上遠途，這段追夢之旅將成印刻在每個人的心中，成為一輩子的回憶，而1950年代的美國公路風景和故事，也將由作者之筆，歷歷呈現在讀者面前。

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　　The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America

　　In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett's intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew. But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm have hidden themselves in the trunk of the warden's car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett's future, one that will take them all on a fateful journey in the opposite direction—to the City of New York.

　　Spanning just ten days and told from multiple points of view, Towles's third novel will satisfy fans of his multi-layered literary styling while providing them an array of new and richly imagined settings, characters, and themes.
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