Modern Manners
by P. J. O'Rourke
2020-09-04 13:06:20
An âextremely funnyâ take on the decline of civility, from the #1 New York Timesâbestselling author of How the Hell Did This Happen? (The Plain Dealer). In Modern Manners, cultural guru P. J. OâRourke provides the essential access...
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An âextremely funnyâ take on the decline of civility, from the #1 New York Timesâbestselling author of How the Hell Did This Happen? (The Plain Dealer). In Modern Manners, cultural guru P. J. OâRourke provides the essential accessory for the truly contemporary man or womanâa rulebook for living in a world without rules. Traditionally, good manners were a means of becoming as bland and invisible as everyone else, thus avoiding calling attention to oneâs own awkwardness and stupidity. Today, with everyone wanting to appear special, stupidity is at a premium, and mannersâas outrageous and bizarre as possibleâare a wonderful way to distinguish ourselves, or at least have a fine time trying. This irreverent and hilarious guide to anti-etiquette offers pointed advice on topics from sex and entertaining to reading habits and death. With the most up-to-date forms of vulgarity, churlishness, and presumption, the latest fashions in discourtesy and barbarous display, OâRourke is our guide to the art of incivility. âModern Manners is OâRourke doing what he has always done: making hilarious, insightful, often vicious fun of the world and all its inhabitants.â âPeople âA reader who rushes through [Modern Manners] from cover to coverâlike I didâwill feel like a child who has gorged on chocolate cake: happy, but a bit disappointed that itâs all gone. The reason OâRourkeâs book is so successful, however, is not just his great sense of humor. OâRourkeâs writing has a cutting edge behind it, which makes a readerâs laughter just a bit thought-provoking, and just a bit rueful . . . Very funny.â âChicago Tribune
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