Rules of Civility by Amor Towles

The blurb describes the narrator of this book as a cross between Holly Golightly and Dorothy Parker. And it is a delight. Everything about it is great: the writing – stunning, arresting, causing you to stop and reread whole paragraphs just for the sheer pleasure of the language; the characters: intensely likeable, fascinating and complex; the story – unusual and intriguing. And yet it is a quick light read. It’s set in New York in the 1930s and tells the story of two girls, Katey Kontent from a working class Russian immigrant family and Evie Ross, from a wealthy mid western family, who try to make their way in the world. They meet Tinkey Grey, a wealthy businessman, and their lives change. This would be a great book for people who belong to book clubs, or anyone for that matter.