A Gentleman in Moscow

This book is over the top in its reverence for the Renaissance man who is accomplished at everything without exerting any effort to achieve it. A wonderful leisurely read but about halfway through I began to find it really amusing. Not something I would be dying to read again unless I could discuss every fine detail (and there are a lot of them). It is a good book to read when you want to be able to be interrupted, there's nothing gripping that makes you annoyed at the interruption, but it's a good enough read that you are not in danger of dropping it entirely if interrupted.