The Chap Manifesto: Revolutionary Etiquette for the Modern Gentleman - Hardcover

Temple, Gustav; Darkwood, Vic

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1841156574 ISBN 13: 9781841156576

Publisher: Fourth Estate, 2002

Synopsis

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About this title

Review:

‘It is meant to be a joke but, frankly, makes more sense to us than anything we've chanced across in ages. Inspired.’ Jockey Slut

‘In a world so utterly devoid of spiritual meaning and good manners it can only be a matter of time before millions are clamouring to follow “The Sacrements Of Grooming” and “The Way of the Trouser”.’ Sleazenation

From the Back Cover:

Including a celebration of the epitomes of the chap – from Montesquiou to Terry-Thomas – and revealing the the subtle nuances of a gentleman’s semiotics of smoking and trouser semaphore, The Chap Manifesto is a rallying point for the classic bloke beleaguered in postmodern confusion, a cri de coeur from the manly bosom, a hail-well-met to gentlemen of all pinstripes. Being a gentleman is not just about motoring, smoking and gambling, but it’s important to master those basics before moving on consumptive cosmetics and enemas for pleasure. Topped off by the full range of implements required by the anarcho-dandy tool kit, the book – racily illustrated throughout – even contains a little something for the ladies. In the tradition of Mao’s Red Book, Marx’s Manifesto for the Communist Party the book is a rallying cry: Gentlemen of the world unite – you have exquisite manners to maintain!

About this edition

• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1841156574
• ISBN 13: 9781841156576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 144