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Dear Mary

Dear Mary: How can I make my friends read the book I gave them?

Plus: Dealing with an obnoxious flirt at a grand lunch

8 February 2014

9:00 AM

8 February 2014

9:00 AM

Q. I gave a copy of Dan Russel the Fox by Somerville and Ross to a couple I know to be very keen on hunting. It’s an out-of-print novel, hard to get hold of, and it cost quite a lot, but as I know it to be such a deeply enjoyable read, I thought it would be well worth the effort of getting it so I could give it to them when they kindly had me to dinner.

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