Rules of Civility (Amor Towles)

This is an elegant and touching story about the high life and lowlife in New York City in the 1930s. Katy, her friend Eve, and a high-class young man they recently met become entangled in webs of debt and dependence, trust and betrayal, even though pretty much everyone is trying to do the right thing. The story is a flashback, so you know Katy came out all right, but you have a hint from the beginning that all didn't go as well for Tinker.the young man they became tied to. There are surprises along the way that were satisfyingly unexpected. I enjoyed the story and the lives these people lived.