A sidecar named desire : great writers and the booze that stirred them

A sidecar named desire Great writers and the booze that stirred them

Greg Clarke, 1959-

Book - 2018

"A rollicking illustrated history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austen's beer brewing to James Joyce's passion for Guinness to E.B. White's cure for writers' block--a dry martini--by celebrated New Yorker cartoonist Greg Clarke and award-winning comics anthologist Monte Beauchamp" --

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Subjects
Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature.
Drinking customs in literature.
Authors > Alcohol use.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages.
Nonfiction.
Genres
Nonfiction
Published
New York : Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow [2018]
Language
English
Main Author
Greg Clarke, 1959- (-)
Other Authors
Monte Beauchamp (-)
Edition
First edition
Item Description
"An illustrated history of drink from 3000 BC to the present" -- cover.
Physical Description
180 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
ISBN
9780062696380
  • Prologue: When the spirits move you
  • Wine
  • Beer
  • Whiskey
  • Gin
  • Vodka
  • Absinthe
  • Mezcal & Tequila
  • Rum
  • Epilogue: It is the best of times, it is the worst of times.

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