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Daily Telegraph, December 29, 2001
magnificent... formidably researched, beautifully written, and abundant with telling detail and pitch-black humour
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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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Has all and more that one would expect on absinthe.,
By gelborn@aol.com (Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Dedalus Book of Absinthe (Dedalus Concept Books) (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.
16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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Excellent & entertaining history of the famed Green Drink,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Dedalus Book of Absinthe (Dedalus Concept Books) (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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
GOTHIC CLASSIC,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Dedalus Book of Absinthe (Dedalus Concept Books) (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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