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 Author Name: Leslie Dunkling
Title: The Guinness Drinking Companion
Binding: Paperback
Type: BOOK
Publisher: GLOBE PEQUOT ( THE LYONS PRESS
ISBN Number: 1585746177 / 9781585746170
Seller ID: 1028495
Take delicious sips from the literature of brews and spirits. Good to the last drop - er, page. B&W illus. throughout; 6.5x9 inches, 240 pgs.
'Take delicious sips from the literature of brews and spirits. Leslie Dunkling, under the imprimatur of the world's most famous brewer, gives a comprehensive introduction to the history and range of alcoholic beverages.
Dunkling amasses poems, bits of biography, and clips from novels that show numerous coincidences between alcohol and literature. There's a chapter title herein that well might subtitle the whole book. It's "Literary Drinking, " which is precisely what readers will do regardless of whether they actually imbibe while perusing. For either they'll be drinking while literarily engaged, or they'll be taking delicious sips from the literature of brews and spirits. Chapters include "Liquid Magnanimity-The Wines of the World, " "Lifting the Spirits-The Spirits and Liqueurs of the World, " and "Something...
Peppered with quotations from literary figures, including Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, Thomas Hardy, and William Shakespeare, The Guinness Drinking Companion is sure to please lovers of fine literature and poetry as well as imbibers. It is a fascinating and often amusing look at the literature and history of alcoholic beverages.
WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING:
"Good to the last drop--er, page." --Booklist
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Leslie Dunkling, has always been a moderate drinker, and has always been fascinated by the role drinking has played in literary history. He is the author of the best-selling Guinness Book of Names. He lives in England.
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