From the #1 New York Times**-bestselling author of** The
Lincoln Highway and A Gentleman in Moscow**, a "sharply stylish"
(Boston Globe) book about a young woman in post-Depression era
New York who suddenly finds herself thrust into high society--now with
over one million readers worldwide**
On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a
second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome
banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance
encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long
journey into the upper echelons of New York society--where she will have
little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool
nerve.
With its sparkling depiction of New York's social strata, its intricate
imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of
Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.