The Joy of Drinking

This book`s small size belies the cornucopia of booze-related trivia and history waiting for consumption within. Barbara Holland writes with zest and wit about famous literary drunks (Byron, Oscar Wilde, Dylan Thomas, etc.), excessive binges of our founding fathers, the nutritional value of beer, how to build a still, and how alcohol became, from the Orient to Arabia, the social glue of the human race. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.