Summer Reading, Lin Haire-Sargeant: Rules of Civility (2011)

Writes Lin Haire-Sargeant:

I’ve recently read two books by Amor Towles–Rules of Civility (set in NYC in 20s, 30s) and A Gentleman in Moscow (set in first half of 20th century). Both funny, engaging, full of accurate history and intriguing ideas, beautifully written, and absolutely delightful. Just finished a YA book by Angie Thomas, The Hate U Give, with an urban, female teen-age African American narrator, a problem novel with a police shooting of a black male at its center. Worth reading for the sharp, hip language alone.

New York Pier, 1937

“That’s the problem with living in New York. You’ve got no New York to run away to.”

― Amor Towles, Rules of Civility

Hal Kemp and his Orchestra, Vocal Chorus Bob Allen, Where Or When (1937)

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