Heinrich Boll. Where were you, Adam? (№ 442694)

Bressen began to give lessons in good manners. The city in which he lived was an ideal place for such an occupation. Many of the local nouveaux riches did not even suspect that it was customary to eat fish differently than meat. All their lives, these people generally ate with their hands, and now, having become the owners of cars, mansions and expensive women, they literally climbed out of their skin just to learn good manners.