RULES OF CIVILITY

Set in New York City in 1938, this snappy, glittering 2011 debut novel by the author of A Gentleman from Moscow is the story of a watershed year in the life of 25-year-old Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey embarks on a journey from a Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of Manhattan society in search of a brighter future.