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But at times it did feel more like a film treatment or a pitch for a TV series than a novel. The beauty of the book is in it's telling. Maybe I didn't care for the romance, or perhaps I need to go back and read it appreciate the finer points of social commentary. This is a coming of age tale for people in their twenties, as it explores aspirations, relationships and finding a place in life that makes you mentally and morally ok with yourself. Next meeting, then more reviews will be posted. Rules of Civility' 'definitely left us wanting wondered what Tinker's fate was and how Eve faired in Hollywood. The Short of It: Friendship, love, and duty collide amid the backdrop of a glittering New York City in 1938. Meanwhile Tinker's life unravels. It's a coming of age story of sorts, about a young girl who finds her way through New York society. Towles recreates New York of the past with great conviction, and it's a joy to follow Katey around Manhattan.
And how did Katey finally get together with Val? The closest she comes to finding a real friendship is with another rich ye gentle soul, Wallace Wilcott. But when the work day is over, it's Evey who takes Katie by the hand and the two find themselves living it up with drinks paid for by others. I know that it was a snapshot of only one year of Katey's life but I was left wanting to know more…. Discussion focussed quite a bit on social mobility - the differences we perceive between America and England, which also led us onto the changing role of women. One big bonus for me is that Katie and Tinker are readers. Tinker is enigmatic, adorable and lives his life according to George Washington's Rules of Civility. They affect her and she also leaves her mark on them. Katey's best friend Eve Ross – a Samantha among women – bows out of the narrative early on when Tinker crashes his car with the two of them in it. It's a story that traces Katey's year of 1938 in her voice, one that is whip-smart and shrewd. Elgin Library Evening Reading Group read Rules of Civility and discussed it at their most recent meeting.
Review: Everyone enjoyed this tale of rags to riches (and riches to rags) socially mobile young people in New York City. Anyway it's New Year's Eve 1937 and Katey Kontent is heading to a Greenwich Village hotspot – quite literally the Hotspot – with her room-mate Eve. Katya, now Katey Kontent (accent on the second syllable) is working in a secretarial pool for a New York law firm, living by her wits and struggling to make ends meet, but also enjoying the city. Rules of Civility, on the other hand, was such a joy to read. Unfortunately, your browser doesn't accept cookies, which limits how good an experience we can provide. Rules of Civility, Amor Towles.
But the memory of Tinker is always in the background and Katey is constantly steeling herself for the next nugget she'll hear on the grapevine about him and Eve. On the whole, the majority of the 13-strong group enjoyed this atmospheric book, some so much so that they immediately read A Gentleman in Moscow afterwards (and enjoyed it immensely). New York: Penguin Books, 2012. I went back to read this after reading Towles's masterful A Gentleman in Moscow earlier this year. It's probably literary blasphemy to say so, but I found Rules of Civility infinitely preferable. Yes, poor decisions are made, friends come and go but through the turmoil someone sees her potential. Amor Towles is a gifted storyteller and his prose is gorgeous. It's a fast crowd but not without some memorable finds. Basically, rich college-educated girls passing the time before they marry and take up a house in the Hamptons. Very interesting characters the women are all strong, the men less so. Instead, Mr. Towles made it a celebration of refinement – good manners, well prepared meals, finely tailored clothing – while still subtly pointing out some universal human flaws and virtues. He is able to tell an impactful story without relying on devices that are shocking, disrespectful or otherwise over-the-top. They have carefully rationed their nickels for the night's festivities, as neither of them makes much money in their jobs (Kate works in a typing pool).
Yes, you have to try to recover from her name which is so obviously "made for voiceover" that it's painful. Both are period dramas set in the glamorous worlds of high society of New York with a doomed romance at their center. If there's a problem, it's this: the parallels with Breakfast at Tiffany's are perhaps a little too overt (glamorous but down-at-heel girl falls in love with wealthy but mysterious benefactor).
Film rights are in negotiation. A Gentleman in Moscow had the same effect on me. And in between, she tries to get over Tinker. For the first time, photographs taken by Walker Evans on New York's subways in the late 1930's are on exhibit. For more info on how to enable cookies, check out. Both Tinker and Katey rise from modest beginnings on their wits, yet come to different ends. They end up ringing in the New Year, and Tinker leaves his monogrammed lighter behind, giving them a chance to see him again.
Her flirtatious nature and her knack for always knowing where the party is, attracts Katie who is slightly more down-to-earth and sensible. When Wallace ships to Spain to fight Franco, Tinker finds his way back into her life. You've got no New York to run away to. Other authors may have made this a predictable indictment of the upper class. Eve was the other young woman in the bar that night. Even inanimate objects were described in particularly detail and thought e. g. the guns at the shooting party. So far, so Sex and the City 1930s-style. Me, I lapped it all up. Open 365 days a year, Mount Vernon is located just 15 miles south of Washington DC. The Mount Vernon Ladies Association has been maintaining the Mount Vernon Estate since they acquired it from the Washington family in 1858. He further broadens her horizons in the upper circles of New York society. It is hard to believe this is a first novel. Katey and Tinker's relationship never reaches its logical conclusion.
That's the problem with living in New York. Eve is from the midwest with high hopes. Katie is a working class girl, trying to make a name for herself in the publishing world. Shiver my timbers, it's a real smasher, no fakes or frauds here. How the characters, as in real life, often move in and out of ones life. At the start I found this a difficult read but I persevered and found myself looking forward to seeing how the story progressed. In the evening, she roams the fancy clubs and house parties with her aimless but rich friends. Thank you to Sarah at Hodder & Stoughton for our book group copies of. But this is not just a love story. For help upgrading, check out BookBub offers a great personalized experience. He couldn't meet the expectations that the city foisted upon him and breaking away is his only choice.
Except that he definitely hasn't read the last rule: "Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.