I spent more than 20 years in book publishing, mostly as an editor, and one of the most vexing issues my colleagues and I always faced was the jacket — what image (if any) and what type to put on the outside of a book. During my career, I had the privilege of meeting and [...]
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“If you read only one book this summer,” says Sara Nelson, books editor of Oprah Magazine, “it should be RULES OF CIVILITY by Amor Towles.”
According to Nelson:
“Rules of Civility is to books what the great classic movie, An Affair to Remember is to film. It’s salty and funny and so wise about class, ambition and love in New York. Part of what makes the novel work, in my opinion, is that the city is, itself, a character in the book; the author has clearly done his research (but its seams don’t show!) about the provenance of certain buildings and jazz clubs in the late 1930s. Most of all, however, I loved the book because I loved Katey Kontent, its protagonist—a tough-talking but tender dame.”
We at Bookfinds are still mourning the loss of the Oprah Book Club, so we will continue to highlight book recommendations that come from the house that Oprah built.
Have you read RULES OF CIVILITY? Did you enjoy it? It is currently in the to-be-read pile of the Bookfinds team. We will keep you posted.
I have it in the pile, but I’m not sure I’m going to get to it. Interesting that Oprah’s people liked it so much!