The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History Allan L. Berkowitz And he's good at his

And he's good at his job--so good at it that he's getting bored

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ISBN13: 9781540408624

The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History Allan L. Berkowitz And he's good at hisLa Fee Verte (or The Green Fairy) has intoxicated artists, poets, and writers ever since the late eighteenth century. Stories abound of absinthe's druglike sensations of mood lift and inspiration due to the presence of wormwood, its infamous special ingredient, which ultimately leads to delirium, homicidal mania, and death. Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murders, Phil Baker offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as