It’s an accurate portrait of the realities of the City. In the first, he’s gaunt and disheveled, in need of a shave. But so dissimilar is his appearance in the second, only a close observer would see the redundancy. Kate recognizes one of the subjects, and further realizes he appears in two photos. It’s the premier of a photography exhibit – portraits taken twenty-five years earlier, captured stealthily on a New York subway. Rules of Civility begins with Kate and her husband at an art gallery. And while they are right, what makes a book great for me – richly developed characters, their flawed relationships and a perfectly drawn time and place – is served up with precision and expertise.
I adored A Gentleman in Moscow, and people warned me that Rules of Civility is very different. This will likely be the best book I read in 2017. In fact, after my first sitting, I took to Twitter to try and describe how I already felt: This is precisely how I felt while reading Towels’ 2011 debut novel. Twelve pages from the end of Rules of Civility, Amor Towels, in the voice of Tinker Grey, describes Manhattan as “ so improbable, so wonderful, so obviously full of promise – that you wanted to approach it for the rest of your life without ever quite arriving.“ Recipe :: Christmas (Swedish) Tea Rings.Recipe :: Kale and Brussel Sprout Salad.Recipe :: Delicious and Creamy Shrimp Corn Chowder.
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