Professor Abacus Abernathe

from The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles

Role: Cameo

Billy's favorite author

Readers picture John Lithgow as Professor Abacus Abernathe in The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles. Other fancast picks include Stanley Tucci.

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