Rules of Civility

On a lovely summer evening in Vermont, we discussed  August's book,  Rules of Civility by Amor Towles.  The majority of members loved the novel, with only Lexi and Tim not enjoying the novel.  This was surprising coming from Tim, as his mother was a quintessentially New York!  Chrysanne was besotted with the description of time and place and repeated several times that she wanted to go back and live in the late 30's post Depression in New York City.  Ed could identify with the rules Tinker and Katey attempted to learn and follow to fit into the 'old money' crowd in New York.  We loved the struggle between Tinker and his brother, Hank as they both tried to resolve their father's actions of losing what they had and struggled with their places in their lives.  We found that Washington's long list of Rules was a bit hard to connect other than the fact that the main characters were dependent on the rules in order to find their places.  NYTimes Review


Next month we are reading Paul Beatty's Booker Prize winning novel, The Sellout.  We will meet at Cindy's at 7 PM.