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|author=William Hanson
|title=The Bluffer's Guide to Etiquette (Bluffer's Guides)
|rating=5
|genre=Lifestyle
|summary=If you ask people what they fear most in any social situation most will tell you that it's not knowing how to behave. They'll be fine about the basics, but it's those little niceties - how to introduce yourself, what to ask for as an aperitif, how to address someone, for instance which can suddenly reveal you as a parvenu. William Hanson gives us a quick trip through the essentials in a book which is very readable and - in places - hilariously funny.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1909937002</amazonuk>
}}
{{newreview
|author=John Jackson
|summary=It's strange how you come to read a particular book. A couple of days ago I was chatting to a dog-walking friend who retired about a year ago. He'd been surprised to find that the main problem in retirement was one which he hadn't anticipated: all his life he'd had to account for himself to somebody else and now he was struggling to discover what it was that ''he'' wanted to do. Then I found myself chatting to Olga Levancucka, author of ''How To Be Selfish'' - but she seemed like one of the most unselfish people I'd ever met. There was a book here waiting to be read!
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1468115987</amazonuk>
}}