The novel is narrated by a whole cast of characters with only Duchess's chapters written in first person. And the route they take in the opposite direction isn't what they expected, either. Instead the two end up in New York City due to the plan hatched by Duchess and Wooley, escapees from the juvenile work prison in Kansas. Well, as it turns out there is not one mile taken by Emmett and his brother, Billy, westward toward their destination. Review: Based on the title of this book, The Lincoln Highway, one would think that the book will cover stories along the route from Nebraska to California with scenic "snapshots" of the bygone USA landscape along the way. But before they can hit the road two other inmates from Salina, who hid in the trunk of the warden's car, show up and have other plans for Emmett: to take them to New York where they have hatched a plan to uncover a fortune. He just knows he wants to head to California with his younger brother Billy and start over. His father has died, the farm is foreclosed on, and he doesn't know what the future will hold. But he is not coming home to the same situation he left. Summary: In June of 1954 Emmett is driven by the warden from the juvenile detention center to his home in Morgen, Nebraska. But at the end of a long day maybe a crack in the plaster is all you need to trigger fanciful thoughts.
All I had was a crack in the plaster that turned a lazy curve around the ceiling lamp.
Lying down on his bed, I stared at the ceiling. J- The drive from Salina to Morgen was three hours, and for much of it, Emmett hadn't said a word. Title: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles
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