Rules of Civility | Amor Towles

I saw this book reviewed in the NY Times Book Review when it came out and knew it was for me. I wasn't disappointed. I loved every word of it and agreed with the reviewers that there was something Fitzgerald-esque about it (although I re-read Great Gatsby after I finished it and realized that the writing style itself is not the -esque the reviewers were referring to). I just re-read it because I read Towles' new book, Table for Two, which I also loved (more on that later). Towles is a gifted writer. I heard him speak at our local literary series and he is absolutely charming in that NYC-sophisticate, former business development guy for a hedge fund kind of way. He creates such intimacy with the reader that you feel like he's just telling you the story. I'm not an audiobook person, but it would be fantastic to hear it aloud. And Amor would be a fabulous lunch or dinner date. The name is familiar since he also wrote The Gentleman in Moscow which is, of course, fantastic. Gentleman is probably a better book that Rules but I love them both. And I especially love that he picked up the Rules character Eve in Table for Two. Enough said! Read them all!