Modern Manners: An Etiquette Book for Rude People (O'Rourke, P. J.)

Author: O'Rourke, P. J.

Brand: Penguin

Edition: Reprint

Binding: paperback

Format: Import

Number Of Pages: 280

Release Date: 07-01-1994

Part Number: 9780871133755

Details: Product Description
A resource guide to etiquette for the 1990s touches upon everything, from which books to read in bed--in case you die in your sleep--to how to achieve distinction by being outrageous and bizarre
Amazon.com Review
As one of the few folks who made it out of the
National Lampoon alive and writing, P. J. O'Rourke is--a comment that might please him more than most humorists--an elder statesman of American humor. While this says much about the thinness of the field, you gotta give him his props.
Modern Manners is good, early O'Rourke, a book that you can read and enjoy without being to the right of Francisco Franco. Who can resist lines such as "A hat should be taken off when you greet a lady and left off for the rest of your life. Nothing looks more stupid than a hat." Or, "Don't wear a tweed jacket to work unless you expect to flush a covey of quail from behind the Xerox machine." Manners are a moving target, and some sections are in need of revision (cocaine really was a big deal, wasn't it?), but don't let that dissuade you. By and large, Modern Manners comes through admirably.

EAN: 9780871133755

Package Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 0.7 inches

Languages: English