John O'Grady

Introduction'Etiquette' is a French word, adopted by the English in those remote times when French was the language of diplomacy and politeness. 'Rendezvous' and 'RSVP' survive from the same snobbish social period.My dictionary defines 'etiquette' as 'The forms required by good breeding, or...

chapter One WHO the hell's Nino Culotta? That's what you asked yourself when you first picked up this book, wasn't it? Well I'm Nino Culotta. My father had me baptised Giovanni—John—well Giovannino is like Johnny, and Nino is an easier way of saying it. Or a lazier way, if you like. The...