Rules of Civility by Amor Towles
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In a jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew:
– The location of every old church in Manhattan
– How to sneak into the cinema
– How to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a year
– and that if you can still lose yourself in the first chapter of a Dickens novel then everything is probably going to be fine.
By the end of the year she'd learned:
– How to launch a paper airplane high over Park Avenue
– How to live like a redhead
– How to insist upon the very best
– That the word 'yes' can be a poison
– and the Rules of Civility.
That's how quickly New York City comes about – like a weathervane – or the head of a cobra. Time tells which.
For fans of F. Scott Fitzgerald and Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's, this a witty, elegant fairytale of New York, set in 1938.
About the Author: Amor Towles has written fiction which has appeared in The Paris Review. This is his first novel. He lives in New York.
Additional information
| Genre | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
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| Readership Level | General (US: Trade) |
| ISBN | 9781444708875 |
| Date of Publication | 05 Jan 2012 |
Rules of Civility: The stunning debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles ISBN 9781444708875