Rules of Civility

Rules of Civility

Rules Of Civility by Amor Towles is the unforgettable debut by the million-copy bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow<br /> <br /> In a New York City jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn&#39;t afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew:<br /> * how to sneak into the cinema, and steal silk stockings from Bendel&#39;s<br /> * how to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a year<br /> * that if you can still lose yourself in a Dickens novel then everything is going to be fine<br /> <br /> By the end of the year she&#39;ll have learned:<br /> * how to live like a redhead and insist upon the very best<br /> * that chance encounters can be fated, and the word &#39;yes&#39; can be a poison<br /> * that riches can turn to rags in the trip of a heartbeat . . .