A rollicking 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' blockamp;mdash;a dry martiniamp;mdash;by celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp.
Throughout history, there has been no greater catalyst for creativity among writersamp;mdash;so they claimamp;mdash;than a good, stiff drink. From Aristophanes' attraction to wine, to Dostoevsky's breakfast of grain vodka and brown bread, to Joan Didion's fondness for gin, stories abound of how booze has fueled and inspired our literary icons.
In this volume, cartoonist Greg Clarke and comics anthologist Monte Beauchamp take us on an unforgettable literary bar crawl. A Sidecar Named Desire is packed with historical factoids, anecdotes, booze trivia, and fascinating detours into the lives of our most storied literary personalitiesamp;mdash;along with literary-themed cocktail recipes such as Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon and Philip Larkin's Gin and Tonic set to verse.
For the literary-minded drinkeramp;mdash;whether wine, gin, vodka, beer, whiskey, or tequila is your elixir of choiceamp;mdash;A Sidecar Named Desire will whet your appetite. Bottoms up!
A rollicking 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' blockamp;mdash;a dry martiniamp;mdash;by celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp.
Throughout history, there has been no greater catalyst for creativity among writersamp;mdash;so they claimamp;mdash;than a good, stiff drink. From Aristophanes' attraction to wine, to Dostoevsky's breakfast of grain vodka and brown bread, to Joan Didion's fondness for gin, stories abound of how booze has fueled and inspired our literary icons.
In this volume, cartoonist Greg Clarke and comics anthologist Monte Beauchamp take us on an unforgettable literary bar crawl. A Sidecar Named Desire is packed with historical factoids, anecdotes, booze trivia, and fascinating detours into the lives of our most storied literary personalitiesamp;mdash;along with literary-themed cocktail recipes such as Ernest Hemingway's Death in the Afternoon and Philip Larkin's Gin and Tonic set to verse.
For the literary-minded drinkeramp;mdash;whether wine, gin, vodka, beer, whiskey, or tequila is your elixir of choiceamp;mdash;A Sidecar Named Desire will whet your appetite. Bottoms up!
A Sidecar Named Desire : Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them
A Sidecar Named Desire : Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them
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Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940173556714 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Publication date: | 09/01/2021 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |