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New York City in 1938: civility, ambition, and dangerous secrets.
Rules of Civility
The stunning debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow
$24.38
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368 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2012
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Summary
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.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444708875 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1444708872 |
| Author: | Amor Towles |
| Publisher: | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Imprint: | Sceptre |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2012 |
| Weight: | 239g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 23mm |
| Series: | Sceptre |
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Critics Review
Impossibly glamorous … Towles conjures up vintage New York so marvellously that it made me feel nostalgic for a place I’ve never been to. - The Times
Achingly stylish…witty, slick production, replete with dark intrigue, period details, and a suitably Katharine Hepburn-like heroine - GuardianThe summer’s must-read: gripping and beautiful - Sunday TimesTerrific. A smart, witty, charming dry-martini of a novel - David Nicholls, author of One DayIrresistible… 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 - Elena Seymenliyska, TelegraphThis is a flesh-and-blood tale you believe in, with fabulous period detail. It’s all too rare to find a fun, glamorous, semi-literary tale to get lost in… While you’re lost in the whirl of silk stockings, fur and hip flasks, all you care about is what Katey Kontent does next - Viv Groskop, ObserverBecause who doesn’t want to be transported to Thirties Manhattan? - Lucy ManganJazz-age New York is the setting for martinis and girls on the make in Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. As glamorous as it is gut-wrenching, this is the summer’s must-read - ELLEAbout The Author
Amor Towles
Amor Towles has written fiction which has appeared in The Paris Review. This is his first novel. He lives in New York.
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