Rules of Civility
by Amor Towles
Popularity 98
A chance encounter with a handsome banker in a jazz bar on New Year's Eve 1938 catapults Wall Street secretary Katey Kontent into the upper echelons of New York society, where she befriends a shy multi-millionaire, an Upper East Side ne'er-do-well, and a single-minded widow.
FictionNineteen thirtiesMan-woman relationshipsUpper classYoung womenLarge type booksFiction, historicalYoung women, fictionWall street (new york, n.y.), fictionNew york (n.y.), fictionFiction, psychologicalMan-woman relationships, fiction