Modern Manners

P. J. O'Rourke

Dell Publishing Company, 1983 - Humor - 251 pages

A rule book for living in a world without rules, Modern Manners is an irreverent guide to anti-etiquette for the '90s and beyond. Pointed advice covers a range of topics from sex to death to reading habits. Also included are the most up-to-date forms of vulgarity and churlishness, as well as the latest fashion in discourtesy and barbarous display.

Contents

• The Fundamentals of Contemporary Courtesy: 18
• Table Manners: 36
• Drinking: 51

About the author

P. J. O'Rourke was born in Toledo, Ohio on November 14, 1947. He received a B. A. from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and a M.A. in English from Johns Hopkins University. He worked for the magazine National Lampoon, eventually becoming editor-in-chief. He received a writing credit for National Lampoon's Lemmings which helped launch the careers of John Belushi and Chevy Chase. In 1981, he left the magazine to write screenplays including Rodney Dangerfield's Easy Money. He contributes regularly to several magazines including Playboy, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The American Spectator, The New Republic, The Atlantic Monthly, The Weekly Standard, and Rolling Stone. He is the author of 20 books including Parliament of Whores, Give War a Chance, All the Troubles in the World, Don't Vote! - It Just Encourages the Bastards, and How It Got That Way (And It Wasn't My Fault) (And I'll Never Do It Again).

Bibliographic information

• Title: Modern Manners
• Author: P. J. O'Rourke
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, 1983
• ISBN: 0440560950, 9780440560951
• Length: 251 pages
• Subjects: Humor / General; Literary Criticism / American / General; Literary Criticism / General