She is a fully realized heroine, unique in her strong sense of self amidst her life's continual fluctuations. While all three are complex characters, Katey is the story's shining star. Tinker orbits in the world of the wealthy Katey and Eve stretch their few dollars out each evening on the town. If the unthinkable happened and I could never read another new work of fiction in 2011, I'd simply re-read this sparkling, stylish book, with yet another round of martinis as dry as the author's wit.' - HeraldĮditorial Review Amazon Best Books of the Month, August 2011 Set during the hazy, enchanting, and martini-filled world of New York City circa 1938, Rules of Civility follows three friends-Katey, Eve, and Tinker-from their chance meeting at a jazz club on New Year's Eve through a year of enlightening and occasionally tragic adventures. and desperate for a martini.' - Stylist 'My book of the year. A delicious and memorable novel that will leave you wistful. A cross between Dorothy Parker and Holly Golightly, Katey Kontent is a priceless narrator in her own right - the brains of a bluestocking with the legs of a flapper and the mores of Carrie Bradshaw.' - Telegraph 'Towles creates a narrative that sparkles with sentences so beautiful you'll stop and re-read them. Another one bartender, please.' - Observer 'Irresistible. While you're lost in the whirl of silk stockings, furs and hip flasks, all you care about is what Katey Kontent does next. A fortuitous meeting with the apparently wealthy Tinker Grey on New Year's Eve, 1937, will change the course of both their lives.' - Guardian 'If you want shopping at Bendel's, gin martinis at a debutante's mansion and jazz bands playing until 3am, RULES OF CIVILITY has it all and more. Katey Kontent, daughter of Russian immigrants, and Evie Ross, from the sleepy midwest, are an ambitious, wisecracking pair who, despite lack of money and connections, aim to set the city alight. WHAT THEY SAID about RULES OF CIVILITY: 'Everything about this novel, set in 1930s New York, is achingly stylish - from the author's name to the slinky jacket design.
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