Rules of Civility

Author(s): Amor Towles

General Fiction

An elegant and captivating debut novel, Aom Towles' Rules of Civility tells the story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent, a young woman with an uncommon sense of purpose. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey Kontent embarks on a journey from a Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of 1938 New York City society. A New York Times bestseller. 


Product Information

Amor Towles has written fiction which has appeared in The Paris Review. This is his first novel. He lives in New York.

General Fields

  • : 9781444708875
  • : Hodder & Stoughton
  • : Sceptre
  • : March 2012
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Amor Towles
  • : Paperback