The modern gentleman

You may recall my (maybe not entirely kind) remarks about all those essential guides to the business of femaleness? Well, I have found one that I have absolutely devoured, and been much enlightened by to boot! Except it is for men, not women: The Modern Gentleman (A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy & Vice), by Phineas Mollod and Jason Tesauro. Gosh! So many new ways in which one’s own man can be seen to be falling short! I thought I knew them all! Does yours, for instance, know the true rules of flaskmanship? Does he own CDs by Django Reinhardt or Joao Gilberto? Does he know the difference between a kink and a fetish? I thought not. And it’s quite an old book, too. Since then Phineas and Jason have penned another, about love itself. I shall order it without delay.