- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Dedalus Ltd (23 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1873982941
- ISBN-13: 978-1873982945
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 804,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Daily Telegraph, December 29, 2001
magnificent... formidably researched, beautifully written, and abundant with telling detail and pitch-black humour
Fortean Times, February, 2002
literate and cheerfully squalid... a model of popular cultural history... brilliant
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Absinthe, until it's recent availabilty has been a rather mysterious drink, known mainly through fiction, and with connotations of something rather destructive and dangerous. Perhaps the forerunner of some drug hastily taken during a night of clubbing today. But exactly what? How much is what was said about absinthe is the truth, and exactly why did it almost disappear? Phil Baker examines every possible conjecture about Absinthe and in separating myth from fact, still manages to maintain the mystique that this drink will always have. Fictional occurences are well quoted, and the over all good humoured tone of the book is excellent.
Apart from reading this book with a glass of absinthe at one's elbow, (and there is a guide to the best brand), it is difficult to see how this book could be bettered. It was skim read by a casual visitor who had no previous interest in the subject, and he has now bought a copy.
Apart from reading this book with a glass of absinthe at one's elbow, (and there is a guide to the best brand), it is difficult to see how this book could be bettered. It was skim read by a casual visitor who had no previous interest in the subject, and he has now bought a copy.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This well-researched history of Absinthe is an absolute joy. It chronicles the devotion, effect, and, in some cases, destruction experienced through this drink by not only the masses but influential writers and artists such as Oscar Wilde, Aleister Crowley, Baudelaire, Ernest Dowson, Verlaine & Rimbaud, Toulouse Lautrec, Van Gogh, et al. Also contains handy reviews of currently obtainable brands of the drink. Highly recommended!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is brilliantly written, the writing has a kind of charm in it, and a touch of black humour. It seems extremely erudite, about poetry and nineteenth century literature and decadence and some real oddball characters, and the best thing is it is terrfically atmospheric. You can really get deep into it. I was sorry when I finished it - I will read it again one day.
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