![]() ![]() “This very good first novel about striving and surviving in Depression-era Manhattan deserves attention…The great strength of Rules of Civility is in the sharp, sure-handed evocation of Manhattan in the late ‘30s.” - Wall Street Journal “With this snappy period piece, Towles resurrects the cinematic black-and-white Manhattan of the golden age… characters are youthful Americans in tricky times, trying to create authentic lives.” - The New York Times Book Review “An irresistible and astonishingly assured debut about working class-women and world-weary WASPs in 1930s New York…in the crisp, noirish prose of the era, Towles portrays complex relationships in a city that is at once melting pot and elitist enclave – and a thoroughly modern heroine who fearlessly claims her place in it.” - O, the Oprah Magazine ![]()
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