Kingsley Amis

Everyday Drinking (eBook, ePUB)

The Distilled Kingsley Amis

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Here is the beloved, bestselling compendium of Kingsley Amis's wisdom on the cherished subject of drinking. Along with a series of well-tested recipes (including a cocktail called the Lucky Jim) the book includes 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 humor and distilled knowledge, served by one of our great gimlet wits.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. August 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781608193165
• Artikelnr.: 38329872

Autorenporträt

Born in London in 1922, Kingsley Amis was one of the best-loved British novelists of the twentieth century. He was the author of more than twenty novels, including the classic Lucky Jim, and a number of other works of criticism, poetry, and memoir. He was knighted in 1990, and died in 1995 at the age of seventy-three.

Rezensionen

These books are so delicious they impart a kind of contact high; they make you feel as if you've just had the first sip of the planet's coldest, driest martini. - The New York Times Daily Review