From the outset, Carl F Flesch has met many interesting people. The home in which he grew up, as the son of a famous classical musician. was always full of cultured and intellectually stimulating guests. However, as he points out in the first chapter of his book, people who are not well known are often as interesting, if not more so.
His mastery of the art of conversation coupled with a highly original, witty and often provocative outlook on life forms the basis of this intriguing and never-less-than-entertaining collection of essays. Indeed, it could just as well be called How To Give A Successful Dinner Party. Discussion of its many topics – class, monarchy, adultery, punishment, psychoanalysis to name but a few – if cunningly introduced into the conversation by the host, could not fail to keep guests occupied for hours.
Wide-ranging, often hilarious and written in a fresh, engaging and accessible style, this is book that is likely to inspire and amuse the reader.

Published by Vanguard Press, an imprint of Pegasus, Elliot MacKenzie, London
ISBN: 1 84836 244 1 Price: £7.99

Who's Not Who - List of Contents
Introduction: Who you are or what are you? / Interlude: Meaningless wisdom / How to become a neurotic and how to get out of it (well more or less...) / Constitutional Monarchy or an elected head of State? / Then and now / Old Age / How to complain successfully without really trying / Kurt Hahn and Salem, his first Gordonstoun / Jewish Refugees: Language, humour, names and all that / 'The show must go on' / A plea for artists' wives / Enigmas / Human time clock? / Some blimpish thoughts on punishment / Emergencies and emergencies / How long can you keep it up / Suppressed music – a two-way traffic? / Adultery; is it... ? / Class and the subconsciousmind – any connection? / Paedophilia