The Little Walhalla Book Club

Come for the books – stay for the community. December’s book is Rules of Civility by Armor Towles. This book club is led by an OCPL volunteer and will meet on the first Wednesday of every month at Alexander’s Coffee House.

Ages 18+

On the last night of 1937, twenty-five-year-old Katey Kontent is in a second-rate Greenwich Village jazz bar when Tinker Grey, a handsome banker, happens to sit down at the neighboring table. This chance encounter and its startling consequences propel Katey on a year-long journey into the upper echelons of New York society—where she will have little to rely upon other than a bracing wit and her own brand of cool nerve.

With its sparkling depiction of New York’s social strata, its intricate imagery and themes, and its immensely appealing characters, Rules of Civility won the hearts of readers and critics alike.