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By best selling author of Eats, Shoots and Leaves, Lynne Truss now writes a spirited book about modern manners - or rather about the rudeness of the modern world. It is her own rally cry for common courtesy and set to be THE book about etiquette this year. For example - what sort of wedding gift is appropriate for the second marriage of a widowed ex-hermit, twelfth in line to the throne, whose fiancee is set to inherit all of Wiltshire south of Devizes? And just as important when should you become annoyed that you haven't received a thank you letter for the said gift? Potential readers are advised that there is nothing about pandas or punctuation in this book ... |
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