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Rules of Civility

A Novel
ID 316263
Slug rules-of-civility
Contributors
Author : Amor Towles
Annotation
Description <p><strong>From the <em>New York Times</em>-bestselling author of <em>A Gentleman in Moscow</em>, a &ldquo;sharply stylish&rdquo; (Boston Globe) novel of a young woman in post-Depression era New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society.</strong><br /><br />On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society&mdash;where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.<br /><br />With its sparkling depiction of New York&rsquo;s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters,&nbsp;<em>Rules of Civility</em> won the hearts of readers and critics alike.</p>
Genres
Subjects
300 Literaire fictie algemeen NUR
NSTC
Publisher Penguin US
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 368
Duration
Publication date first 2012-06-26
Publication date latest 2024-08-26
Cover URL
Editions
  • ISBN: 9780143121169 (BC)

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