{"product_id":"rules-of-civility-9781473688841","title":"Rules Of Civility","description":"\u003cp\u003eTHE UNFORGETTABLE DEBUT BY THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Terrific. A smart, witty, charming dry-martini of a novel' David Nicholls, author of One Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Achingly stylish . . . witty, slick production, replete with dark intrigue, period details, and a suitably Katharine Hepburn-like heroine' Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'If the unthinkable happened and I could never read another new work of fiction . . . I'd simply re-read this sparkling, stylish book, with yet another round of martinis as dry as the author's wit' Herald\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn a jazz bar on the last night of 1937, watching a quartet because she couldn't afford to see the whole ensemble, there were certain things Katey Kontent knew:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ethe location of every old church in Manhattan\u003cbr\u003e\nhow to sneak into the cinema\u003cbr\u003e\nhow to type eighty words a minute, five thousand an hour, and nine million a year\u003cbr\u003e\nand that if you can still lose yourself in a Dickens novel then everything is going to be fine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy the end of the year she'd learned:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ehow to live like a redhead\u003cbr\u003e\nand insist upon the very best;\u003cbr\u003e\nthat riches can turn to rags in the trip of a heartbeat,\u003cbr\u003e\nchance encounters can be fated, and the word 'yes' can be a poison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThat's how quickly New York City comes about, like a weathervane, or the head of a cobra. Time tells which.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A love letter to the city and the era . . . Towles creates a narrative that sparkles with sentences so beautiful you'll stop and re-read them. A delicious and memorable novel that will leave you wistful - and desperate for a martini' Stylist\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HODDER \u0026 STOUGHTON","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42977791279270,"sku":"9781473688841","price":17.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0443\/8471\/4918\/products\/9781473688841_1.jpg?v=1656104230","url":"https:\/\/bookxcess.myshopify.com\/products\/rules-of-civility-9781473688841","provider":"Staging Site ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}