A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy, and Vice
Introduction x
Part One: The Gregarious
Gentleman 1
Chapter One: Out & About 2
Digital Man • Artful Conversation • Jukeboxing • Flaskmanship •
Elevator Etiquette • At Table • Skinny-Dipping • Comings & Goings •
Family Reunions • Amen Corner
Chapter Two: Entertaining 38
Group Dynamics • Hosting • Intimate Gatherings • The Active Table •
Houseguests • Charcoal Briquetiquette • Bachelor Party • Best
Manning
Chapter Three: Wooing 65
Flirtation • Dates • The Open Triangle • Do-It-Yourself •
Long-Distance Runaround • Exes & Ohs • Taking a Break • The
Crack-Up
Part Two: The Inner Gentleman 95
Chapter Four: Gentlemanly Knowledge
96
Literature • Poesy • Classical Music • Jazz • Fitness • Soothsaying
• Man Cycle • Fonzarelli Moves & Legerdemain
Chapter Five: Appearance &
Style 126
Sartorial Savvy • Accessories • Knots & Cravats • Pyjamas • Eyewear
• Hatiquette & Umbrella Policy • Tattoos • Hair, Hygiene, &
Habits
Chapter Six: Domesticity
154
Domestic Policy • Vittles • Single Space • Heartifacts •
Toiletiquette • Spitting, Hiccoughing, & Other Expulsions
Part Three: The Potent
Gentleman 179
Chapter Seven: Venerable Vices: Alcohol, Tobacco, &
Fireworks 180
Spirits • Beyond & Tonic • The Solitary Drink • Oenophilia • Bubbly
• Working with a Hangover • The Ethic of Alcohol • Tobacco •
Substances • Gaming • Golf • The Ponies
Chapter Eight: Between the
Sheets 221
Romantic Recon • Prophyletiquette • XXX: Phineas’s Phavourites &
Tesauro’s Titillations • The Afterglow • To the Power of 3
Chapter Nine: Trouble 239
Sticky Situations & Solutions • Conversational Gaffes • Secrets,
Lies, & Confidences • Office Romance • Losing It • The Bile
Barometer • The Apology
Part Four: The Wayfaring Gentleman
263
Chapter Ten:
Travel
264
Motoring • Sleeper Trains • Theorem de Valise • Guest Decorum
Part Five: The Ceremonial
Gentleman 283
Chapter Eleven: Public Relations
284
Politics of Friends • Social System • Correspondence • Flora •
Gifting • Handy Gifting Guide
Chapter Twelve: Beyond Bachelorhood
303
The Fourth Decade • The Rock • Proposals • Vows • The Good
Husband
Afterword 314
Bibliography 316
About the Authors 319
Index 320
Phineas Mollod uses his Vanderbilt law degree to counsel his
wayward pals in divorces and landlord-tenant imbroglios and write
about technology law in New York City.
Jason Tesauro forewent law school for a mastery of wine, spirits,
style, and sustainable food. You'll find him swinging a croquet
mallet in Richmond, Virginia, or wielding a champagne saber as he
conducts the Modern Gentleman Seminar Series and other events of
consequence around the world.
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—Augusten Burroughs, Entertainment Weekly
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