After reading Gentleman of Moscow, which is one of my favourite novels of all time...I was craving some more of Amor Towles prose and this hit the spot.

A tale of high society in 1940’s New York, it’s classy, sophisticated and well written. Almost like a Great Gatsby ....and it brought some memories of home and growing up with what our Pops used to say to us .....

Don’t put meat in your mouth with your knife in hand.
Don’t blow into your soup but stay till it cools.
Don’t put more in your mouth until you’ve swallowed the first bite.
Don’t gaze about when you drink.
Don’t speak bad of people absent.
When you meet someone of greater quality than you, stop and give him way to pass.
Sit with both feet on the ground, don’t cross them.
Don’t cut bread with a greasy knife.

So many more rules of civility .... we try haha :)