The Modern Gentleman: A Guide to Essential Manners, Savvy and Vice is a visually stimulating, thought-provoking sourcebook of manners and mischief for the modern-day male. Authors Jason Tesauro and Phineas Mollod discuss refinement, etiquette and cool, providng men with the manners and the kind of know-how that celebrates localism, craftsmanship and authenticity.

The book offers a panoramic snapshot of the classic gentleman: witty and poignant, traditional but spontaneous, flirtatious yet courting. A miscellany of information from the fundamental to the arcane and quirky, The Modern Gentleman equips today’s man with the skills to confront a myriad of challenges and opportunities with savoir faire and panache.

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