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A Sidecar Named Desire: Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them [Audiobook]
A rollicking history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austens beer brewing to James Joyces passion for Guinness to E. B. Whites cure for writer's block - a dry martini. Throughout history, there has been no greater catalyst for creativity among writers - so they claim - than a good, stiff drink. From Aristophanes attraction to wine, to Dostoevskys breakfast of grain vodka and brown bread, to Joan Didions fondness for gin, stories abound of how booze has fueled and inspired our literary icons. In this volume, Greg Clarke and Monte Beauchamp take us on an unforgettable literary bar crawl. A Sidecar Named Desire is packed with historical factoids, anecdotes, booze trivia, and fascinating detours into the lives of our most storied literary personalities - along with literary-themed cocktail recipes such as Ernest Hemingways Death in the Afternoon and Philip Larkins Gin and Tonic set to verse. For the literary-minded drinker - whether wine, gin, vodka, beer, whiskey, or tequila is your elixir of choice - A Sidecar Named Desire will whet your appetite. Bottoms up! Enjoy Subscribe