The Modern Lover: A Playbook for Suitors, Spouses, & Ringless Carousers

Having presented the definitive portrait of the enlightened male in THE MODERN GENTLEMAN, Phineas Mollod and Jason Tesauro explore affairs of the heart (and temptations of the loins) in this rollicking sequel. The authors begin by charting the life of the evolved bachelor, offering sage advice on such topics as ?AuOne-Night Stands,?Au ?AuDemystifying the Flogger,?Au and ?AuWebslinging?Au (dating online). Mollod and Tesauro next contemplate the transitional man's path from the ?AuMe Cycle?Au to the ?AuWe Cycle.?Au Whether you are trying to convince close friends of the charms of your new love or testing the long arm of puritanical parents by ?AuLiving in Sin,?Au Mollod and Tesauro have a stiff drink and cool counsel at the ready. And for those modern bachelors who are getting hitched, the authors have copious advice on staging an unorthodox wedding with class, managing the financial merger, stoking the bedroom coals, and embarking on ?AuDaddy Detox.?Au Packed with sharp wit and insightful commentary, THE MODERN LOVER is the definitive guide for guys negotiating the road from bachelor pad to bedroom fads to brand-new dad.

This sequel to THE MODERN GENTLEMAN (40,000 copies sold) offers essential advice and instills savoir faire for avowed bachelors (rounding out the sexual resume; test-driving toys and tolerances), serial monogamists (balancing provocative friendships with at-home loyalties; avoiding the dreaded state of ?AuP-Whipped?Au), and husbands-to-be (managing in-laws and outlaws; minding ?AuLights & Darks?Au).

Mollod and Tesauro are monthly manners columnists for Men's Health magazine.

Authors Mollod and Tesauro have championed manners ?Aumakeovers?Au on CNN and The Montel Williams Show.

JASON TESAURO is a wine-and-spirits consultant and performance poet. As cofounder (with Phineas) of the Rhubarb Manor Croquet Club, he placed second in the first annual Memorial Day Croquet Soir?ce and recently betrothed the Fair Elizabeth, who finished first. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
PHINEAS MOLLOD received his law degree from Vanderbilt and is a member of the New York County Lawyers Association and the Kentucky Bourbon Circle. He lives in New York City.