The Unexpurgated Code

The Unexpurgated Code: A Complete Manual of Survival & Manners is a 1975 non-fiction humorous book by J. P. Donleavy.

Overview
The book is a guide for people who feel that they should belong to the manner born - that is, not having to work and generally living a life of luxury.

Chapters:
 * 1) Social Climbing
 * 2) Extinctions and Mortalities
 * 3) Vilenesses Various
 * 4) In Pursuit of Comfortable Habits
 * 5) Perils and Precautions

Advice
The book consists of hundreds of anecdotes and events one may encounter throughout life, and how to deal with them. Some examples include:


 * Upon Embellishing your Background
 * Accent Improvement
 * Upon the Sudden Reawakening of your Sordid Background
 * Ass kissing and other types of Flattery
 * Suicide
 * Cannibalism
 * Upon Saucy Assemblages
 * Upon Marrying a Lady for Her Money
 * Stripping and Streaking
 * When the Overwhelming Desire to Goose a Lady Cannot be Suppressed
 * Upon Being a Member of the Titled Classes
 * Blowing upon Your Soup
 * Wife Beating
 * Shabby People
 * Shabby Shabby People
 * Shabby Shabby Shabby People

Quotations
Shaving: "Hey why are you growing that beard."..."I say, you unpleasantly unfortunate radoteur, I'm not doing a thing. You're shaving every day."

When Some Supercilious Cunt Asks Is There Anything Wrong: "Yes, you evil little man, I'm looking at your tie."

How to Prevent People from Detesting You: "Don't try."

The Psychologist: "This smug son of a bitch."