Polite Rules is the first novel from a New York Times bestselling author. It has already sold more than one million copies. The book brought enormous success to Amor Toles, who later wrote “A Gentleman in Moscow” and “The Lincoln Highway.” The Last Evening of 1937. Katie Content and her friend Eve visit a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar to celebrate New Year's Eve. While the girls are trying to split up their remaining three dollars, a charming young banker occupies the next table. Tinker Gray, that’s his name, treats his girlfriends to a cocktail and starts a small, non-committal conversation. So a chance meeting brings Katie into the highest circles of New York society, where she will have nothing to rely on except her wit and her own composure.THE LONG AWAITED EDITION OF AMOR TOWLES' DEBUT NOVEL!