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The Wet and the Dry - Lawrence Osborne
Titel:
The Wet and the Dry
Auteur:
Lawrence Osborne
ISBN:
9780770436902
Pagina's:
240
Recentie:
<b><b>Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by Dwight Garner, <i>New York Times</i></b><br /><br />A ?fearlessly honest account? (<i>Financial Times</i>) of man?s love of drink, and an insightful meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide</b><br /> <br />Drinking alcohol: a beloved tradition, a dangerous addiction, even ?a sickness of the soul? (as once described by a group of young Muslim men in Bali). In his wide-ranging travels, Lawrence Osborne?a veritable connoisseur himself?has witnessed opposing views of alcohol across cultures worldwide, compelling him to wonder: is drinking alcohol a sign of civilization and sanity, or the very reverse? Where do societies fall on the spectrum between indulgence and restraint? <br /> <br />An immersing, controversial, and often irreverent travel narrative,<i> The Wet and the Dry</i> offers provocative, sometimes unsettling insights into the deeply embedded conflicts between East and West, and the surprising influence of drinking on the contemporary world today.