Rules Of Civility
by Amor Towles
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77%
Critic Reviews: 17
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88%
Reader Ratings: 1933
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Unabridged, 9 CDs, 11 1/2 hours Read by TBA A sophisticated and entertaining debut novel about an irresistible young woman with outsized dreams.
About Amor Towles
- All Critics: 17
- Positive: 14
- Negative: 3
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New York Public Library | 29 Nov 2011
Rules of Civility may be a historical novel filled with fashion, gossip and lots of cocktails but it is also surprisingly meaty... It is novel of compelling prose and witty charm.
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NY Daily News | 31 Jul 2011
...Towles offers up a convincing tale of a time and place worth revisiting. "Rules of Civility" is a pleasure.
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Kirkus Reviews | 1 Jun 2011
An elegant, pithy performance by a first-time novelist who couldn’t seem more familiar with his characters or territory.
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Herald de Paris | 3 Sep 2012
A fast paced read filled with emotional peaks and lows, giving greater insight into how people socially engage.
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The Guardian | 15 Jul 2011
But at times it did feel more like a film treatment or a pitch for a TV series than a novel.
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Lit Lovers
...Rules of Civility is wonderful read—and a terrific book for stimulating lively book club discussions on those eponymous rules.
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The Wall Street Journal | 26 Jul 2011
The great strength of "Rules of Civility" is in the sharp, sure-handed if sometimes overripe evocation of Manhattan in the late '30s
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Publishers Weekly | 14 Mar 2011
His first effort is remarkable for its strong narrative, original characters and a voice influenced by Fitzgerald and Capote, but clearly true to itself.
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Examiner | 21 Sep 2011
For a novel that opens with a description of the difficulties of living during the Depression there isn’t much exploration of any of life’s difficulties.
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USA Today | 12 Aug 2011
it's how Towles shades in the story that's most interesting, elegantly drawing a picture of a time and place seldom depicted in the current culture
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The Telegraph | 20 Jul 2011
...the best feature of Rules of Civility is its fast pacing and irresistible momentum. The language is snappy, too, full of period idiom and witty one-liners.
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Oprah.com
...Towles portrays complex relationships in a city that is at once melting pot and elitist enclave—and a thoroughly modern heroine who fearlessly claims her place in it.
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Toonari Post
The novel is a very addictive and enticing story that takes you to a different world, yet allows you to appreciate the impacts of the late ‘30’s in today’s time.
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Literary Inklings | 8 Mar 2012
With the weight of his prose and the way he passes over chances to explain his story without, it would seem, a second thought, he calls to mind Fitzgerald in a very significant way, while creating characters that are all his own
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Chalk the Sun
I was so certain I’d be swept away by the smoky clubs and shiny penthouses...But instead I felt hollowed out by a character who was a ghost of what she could have been.
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Everyday eBook
there is undeniable — but never prissy — moral depth to the issues the novel raises.
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Tampa Bay Times | 7 Aug 2011
Towles has a lovely way with language and a deft wit, and his characters are that rare thing, both convincing and surprising.
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