Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group

ISbN 978-0-14-312116-9 $16.00
Amor Towles
Rules of Civility
n A bestseller on the New York Times, Los Angeles
Times, Boston Globe, and Publishers Weekly lists
n The national publicity, marketing, and advertising
campaign will continue throughout the summer and
into the fall
n Visit amortowles.com—featuring background
material on the 1930s, supplemental essays,
and a music playlist from the period
available noW
This enchanting, New York Timesbestselling
hit is now available
in paperback
This sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents
the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of
transformation. On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-yearold
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 is winning
the hearts of readers and critics alike.
“ Brilliantly realized . . . A sharply stylish debut.”
—The Boston Globe
“ With this snappy period piece, Towles resurrects the
cinematic black-and-white Manhattan of the golden age.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“ Reviews of Mr. Towles’s novel have rarely failed to bring up
F. Scott’s name. Who needs such burdensome comparisons?
On the evidence of Rules of Civility, being Amor Towles
should be plenty good enough.” —The Wall Street Journal
ClassiC Penguin
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