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Amor Towles: Rules of civility (2011, Viking) 4 stars

A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve …

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.