Gentleman in MoscowA by Amor Towles

21 June 1922 Count Alexander Rostov recipient of the Order of Saint Andrew member of the Jockey Club Master of the Hunt is escorted out of the Kremlin across Red Square and through the elegant revolving doors of the Hotel Metropol. Instead of being taken to his usual suite he is led to an attic room with a window the size of a chessboard. Paperback softback