![]() ![]() Pushy Eve instantly dibs Tinker for herself, attracted by his vibes of old family power and influence. It's Theodore, aka Tinker Grey, who they assume from his prosperous appearance is a WASP boy (white Anglo Saxon Protestant). She and her room mate, Eve Ross, make a new friend on New Year's Eve, 1937. ![]() ![]() Katey Kontent is the working class daughter of a deceased Russian migrant. But somewhere around the halfway point the story started to get interesting. This was almost a DNF because for several pages it appeared nothing was going to happen other than social climbers drinking cocktails and attending musical events. 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. 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. 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 sophisticated and entertaining first novel presents the story of a young woman whose life is on the brink of transformation. ![]()
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