¡ïPenguin Group beat 9 bidders at a sky-high price of one million U.S. dollars to snatch it.
¡ïForeign media praised it, saying it is comparable to "The Great Gatsby", the best-selling novel of the year in "New York Times" and "Wall Street Journal", and a Fitzgerald Award-winning work, selling nearly one million copies in the United States
¡ïAbout love and growth, choice and destiny, explore the eternal issue of self-worth.
¡¾brief introduction¡¿
Love and bread, which one would you choose?
There is no always correct answer in life
In New York in the late 1930s, the Great Depression was coming to an end, and there was no threat of war. Under the peaceful environment, a group of young people were looking for their ideals and love here. Katie Conton, a calm and wise civilian girl full of poetry and books, and her roommate Eve meet a noble and charming young banker Tinker in a jazz bar. Katie fell in love with Tinker, but a car accident changed her life forever.
The encounter with Tinker allowed Katie to enter the upper class of Manhattan. She stepped into the elite social circle of all walks of life in New York, stepped into a large and prestigious publishing group, and started a whole year full of surprises and crazy encounters.
Dating a shy millionaire, dating a cheerful Upper East Side dude, confronting a shrewd wealthy businesswoman, being pressured by a domineering boss Katie calmly swayed in various appearances of fate, but found Love drifts away. In anticipation of hopeless love, she finally understands that the "right" choice is often accompanied by the pain of loss.
This book is like a love letter to Manhattan, delicate, elegant, humorous and fresh.
¡¾Media Comments¡¿
This is a bubbly, well-observed story. A young girl from Brooklyn who works as a secretary but is full of ambitions crashes into the elite crowd of Manhattan's upper class in the 1930s. It's also a lovely evocation of the social alchemy that happens by chance at jazz bars, Wall Street coffee shops, downtown Champagne Palace, and Lower East Side speakeasies. ¡ª¡ª"New York Times"
A novel that will grip you firmly from the moment you start reading. ¡ª¡ª"vogue"
This first full-length novel about struggle and survival in Manhattan is excellent and deserves attention. ¡ª¡ªThe Wall Street Journal
Turn on Billy Holliday, pour a martini, and immerse yourself in the Katie Conton story. Towers clearly knows his high society well, with its sometimes lively, sometimes brash young men. ¡ª¡ª"figure"
A sparkling masterpiece. Humorous dialogue, sharp observations and an amazingly funny cast of people. ¡ª National Public Radio (npr)
If you picked up The Law of Upper Class and didn't make it one of the five best novels you've read in recent years, I'd be very worried about you. This book is concise and brilliant, and it is also a novel, brilliant and unique work. ¡ª¡ª "Buffalo News"
Recently, except for how many articles, I only revisited the century-old family letter and Feng Chuan Han Han, and did not pursue new novels. The heroine of the Republic of China recommends the following by the way:
1. People on paper 2. Atypical daily life in the Republic of China 3. Mystery of the mahjong fandom 4. Traveling back to the Republic of China to be an actor
There is a plot in the ending of the last article that I like very much. Near the end, the hero and heroine are finally getting together. The heroine is very busy to let the male customer go home, and then the organization can¡¯t see it. Sister Deng persuades the heroine to sacrifice the small self to fulfill the big self, so that the male The protagonist came out to work, but was retorted by the female protagonist. The prerequisite for the two of them to be together was that the male protagonist promised to take care of the family. Now that she backtracked, she simply beat the child and the two broke up. The male protagonist¡¯s career is a career, and her career is not. Is it important? At the same time, I asked why you were xxx before, but now xxx, what role does this set for female compatriots?
Why did you bring up this passage specifically for praise? Because the physical book pushed today is somewhat similar, the hero and heroine took the opposite script.
I actually read this book a few months ago, but at that time, I felt that the image of the male protagonist in it might make you disgusted, and it was too annoying to explain, so I didn¡¯t bother to push it. In the end, I couldn¡¯t find the novel I wanted to push, and I missed you all. Can pick it up again and explain it well.
First of all, when you read the introduction of this novel, do you imagine that it is the routine of the heroine Mary Su to conquer the upper class and tame the rich and handsome?
However, no, the channel for the promotion of the heroine is by working hard, and the channel for the promotion of the hero is by being a bad boy.
Then put the book review:
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But she replied: "Yes."
She already knew that Tinker was born in a declining family, his father squandered his tuition, became a low-level employee after graduation, and took the initiative to seduce the "godmother" who could bring him resources. Not a prominent family, not a graduate from a prestigious school. She has personally experienced the glitz and temptation of this city of gold, understands his suffering and ambition, and understands that the holy fire called "conscience" in his heart has not been extinguished, and loves and pities him for this.
? Unexpectedly, Tinker left all his glory and became a longshoreman, no longer needing to use the terms and conditions of the "Code of Etiquette for Social and Conversation". He disappeared into the crowds of Manhattan and never came to Katie again. Until many years later, Katie saw his photo: unshaven, shabby clothes, but full of vitality, eyes as bright as stars.
The reason why love is so fascinating is because of its mystery and boundless magic.
In "The Great Gatsby", the love for Daisy made Gatsby spend his life in speculation, and realized the miracle of being poor and rich. And "The Law of the High", the love for Katie allowed Tinker to regain his innocence and complete the rebirth of Nirvana in which unrighteous wealth and wealth waved his hands.
I always think that Katie is an admirable woman. She did not rely on her beauty to seize a shortcut to success like most people, but rejected the temptation and devoted herself to the workplace resolutely, with every brick and brick at ease. She once watched a horse race and saw an old rich man and his young wife. At that time, she had a vague feeling that she wanted to rely on her ingenuity to take the position of the rich man, not his wife.
The only regret is probably that she and Tinker could not become fellow travelers after all. They each made their own choices, gained some things, and gave up others forever.
However, is it not a long and meaningful romance to usher in every morning in calling each other's name until death?
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This book review explains the love between the two, but I think the heroine is a bit too noble. Of course, the heroine has always been very independent and is really obsessed with work, but she also has a vanity and money worship side, but she is always in the future. Controlled when crossing the border, part of her love for the male lead is actually based on this resonance, and she herself is likely to lose herself like the male lead, and the two people's love for each other largely has The shadow of narcissism and self-pity, what would happen if I didn't rely on others? What if I rely on others? The woman likes the aristocratic feeling of the man, and the man likes the independence of the woman.
In fact, after the heroine found out the truth of his identity, the male lead broke off the relationship with the gold master immediately. Later, after the two resolved various misunderstandings and lost all obstacles to confess to each other, the male lead disappeared. The heroine's first reaction was very worthwhile. Looking for taste - she was relieved, she didn't know how to be with the male lead who lost everything. Although it is the male protagonist who is the villain, in fact it is the male protagonist who is more innocent, and he is the one who loves more deeply.
Just like the script of the two people swapping, the innocence and reality of this swap makes this relationship more memorable for some reason, and it is even better that the two are not together. The love triangle setting at the beginning is actually very common, but the author also wrote a new side. I personally think that the biggest advantage of physical novels is that the characters rarely play cards according to routines, and the author is not afraid to set up real moral dilemmas for the protagonists. The other rich and handsome girls that the heroine has been with are also very attractive. The female lead is more anti-routine than the heroine. She looks like a gold digger girl, but it turned out not. The career line is also well written, and the theme is suitable for yy. Overall, it's a pretty good casual book.
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