Rules of civility

by Amor Towles

335 pages

English language

Published Aug. 7, 2011 by Viking.

ISBN:: 978-0-670-02269-4
OCLC Number:: 681488389

(32 reviews)

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.

11 editions

pinknantucket reviewed Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

I really liked it

4 stars

Bookclub book. My copy: bought new.

ManyRoads reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles

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5 stars

This is another literate and engaging tale by Amor Towles, who is rapidly becoming one of my favorite authors. Be aware this tale is not what it seems; but then, neither is life what we planned. This novel approaches "brilliance".

SharonC reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles

Review of 'Rules of civility' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I love this prose and just-breezy-enough style. Captures the ambiance of the '30s and (what I imagine) the loftiest of the upper classes might be like.

Katey Kontent is flawed but not unlikeable. She made good choices--maybe not the best--but was wise enough to be thankful for having choices to make. I really like that reflection.

Radical Reading | the roots of change agency reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles

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5 stars

Towles again proves what a great writer he is. Rules of Civility takes you straight into 1938 New York and the heroine is an incredibly layered character with grit and will power

matt reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles

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3 stars

It was okay, we listened to the audio book partially on a summer road trip and finished it off at home. It was a little purple - we joked a bit about the constant similes - but the aristocratic New York setting was fun and the characters were memorable.

AliCorbin reviewed Rules of civility by Amor Towles

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4 stars

A 'memoir', of a middle-aged woman in the 60's remembering her youth. Specifically, the people and events in the year of 1938 that set the course of her adult life. Not much in the way of a plot, but the characters were well drawn, and the writing superb.