The Joy Of Drinking by Barbara Holland


ISBN
9781596913370
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Dimensions
122 x 190 x 17mm

The critically acclaimed author of When All the World Was Youngtells the remarkable, idiosyncratic story of the world's love affair with drinking.

With characteristic elegance and delicious wit, Barbara Holland, ('a national treasure.'- Philadelphia Inquirer) celebrates the age-old act of drinking in this gimlet-eyed survey of man's relationship with booze, since the joyful discovery, ten thousand years ago, of fermented fruits and grains. In this spirited paean to alcohol, two parts cultural history, one part personal meditation, Holland takes readers on a bacchanalian romp through the Fertile Crescent, the Mermaid Tavern, Plymouth Rock, and Capitol Hill and reveals, as Faulkner famously once said, how civilization indeed begins with fermentation. Filled with tasty tid bits about distillers, bootleggers, taverns, hangovers, and Alcoholics Anonymous, The Joy of Drinking is a fascinating portrait of the world of pleasures fermented and distilled.
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