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Everyday Drinking

The Distilled Kingsley Amis

Kingsley Amis
'We have no excuse for self-satisfaction while we allow the atrocity of the Pina Colada to flourish'. Kingsley Amis was famously partial to a drink, and his views on the subject were as trenchantly funny as his views on everything else. Introduced by Christopher Hitchens, this collection of writings on the art of imbibing mixes a heady cocktail of wry humour, erudite knowledge and outspoken opinion.
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Product information:
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury
  • Year: 2009
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 318pp
  • Illustrated: No
  • Dimensions: 197x128mm
  • ISBN: 9781408803837
  • Condition: New
  • Weight: 0.2kg
Product code:
538455
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Kingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of imbibing. This new volume brings together the best of his three out-of-print works on the subject: Kingsley Amis in Drink, Everyday Drinking and How's Your Glass? In one handsome package, the book covers a full shelf of the master's riotous and erudite thoughts on the drinking arts: Along with a series of well-tested recipes (including a cocktail called the Lucky Jim) are Amis's musings on The Hangover, The Boozing Man's Diet, The Mean Sod's Guide, and (presumably as a matter of speculation) How Not to Get Drunk - all leavened with fun quizzes on the making and drinking of alcohol all over the world. Mixing practical know-how and hilarious opinionation, this is a delightful cocktail of wry humour and distilled knowledge, served by one of our great gimlet wits.
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