For the month of July, the HSL Book Group will discuss A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles.

In this popular 2016 novel, it is 1922 when Count Alexander Rostov is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal and sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Tethered there in his attic room, the count endeavors to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a man of purpose as some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold just outside the hotel’s doors.

The HSL Book Group meets on the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the Language, Literature, and History Section. New members are always welcome. No registration necessary. Inquiries about the Hawaii State Library Book Group can be directed to hslbookgroup@gmail.com or (808) 586-3499.

All programs are subject to change. If you require an auxiliary aid or accommodation due to a disability, please contact the library at least 7 days before the program date.