The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice - Couverture souple

Mollod, Phineas; Tesauro, Jason

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1580084303 ISBN 13 : 9781580084307

Editeur : Ten Speed Press, 2002

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

THE MODERN GENTLEMAN is a visually stimulating, rib-tickling, thought-provoking sourcebook of manners and mischief for the 21st-century male. The book offers a panoramic snapshot of the gentleman: witty and poignant, traditional but spontaneous, flirtatious yet courting. Discussions range from the classic (Motoring, Oenophilia) and serious (Secrets & Lies, The Good Husband), to the racy (Kink & Fetish, To the Power of 3) and silly (Bumper Stickers, Fonzarelli Moves & Legerdemain ). And since it is inevitable that a gentleman will dabble in the friskier areas of excess, trouble, and chance, the book's naughty nucleus, “The Potent Gentleman,” explores leisure and dalliance, from alcohol and snuff to recreational botanicals and sex.All men aspire to be perpetually dapper, fluent in three languages, and hit 300-yard drives off the blue tees, not to mention quote poetry by the stanza and win a back-alley scrap. However, there is a dashing plateau more desirable than Hollywood perfection, a level of gallantry that makes one stand out, even in the elevator. So knot up your ascot, pour a glass of sherry, and crack open the MODERN GENTLEMAN: your Man Cycle is peaking.

Revue de presse

“The book you have to read. Completely hysterical and shockingly useful.”
--Entertainment Weekly

“Peculiar, brilliant, funny, smart, and it will turn you into a cool person.”
--Augusten Burroughs, Running With Scissors and Dry

“Offers a thorough set of instructions on how to function as a refined member of
today’s society.”
--Maxim

“As refined and potent as single malt scotch...in the theatre of his personality,
Tesauro emerges as a messiah of manners.”
--Atlanta

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ten Speed Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1580084303
• ISBN 13: 9781580084307
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 352
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible