The man’s a genius. He’s done it again. He’s written a masterpiece. Or several masterpieces as this is a book of six short stories and a novella called Eve in Hollywood that continues the story started in Rules of Civility. But don’t worry, you don’t need to have read Rules of Civility to read this story. Or you could read the short stories, buy a copy of Rules of Civility and then go back to Table for Two for the novella. The short stories, all set in or on the way to New York, are divine and so finely observed and funny, really funny. I think the smiley lines round my eyes have increased while reading this book. Again, the man’s a genius.