by Mark Forsyth
This was a fun albeit superficial overview of drinking habits of various cultures at different time periods. The humour mostly worked for me and the book was interesting, but the tone probably wouldn't work for a lot of people. Probably the most interesting portion for me was the description of star...
TITLE: A Short History of Drunkenness AUTHOR: Mark Forsyth DATE PUBLISHED: 2017 FORMAT: Hardcover ISBN-13: 9780241297681 ___________________________ DESCRIPTION: " Almost every culture on earth has drink, and where there's drink there's drunkenness. But in every age and in every place ...
I love Mark Forsyth's writing. I think I've read (and own) everything he's written and I've yet to be let down. He's got the dry, British humor in spades and his writing is always excellent. His original bibliography focused on etymology, but he's lately broken out into short, but focused, histor...
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