The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey

The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey
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Selected as a Top Ten Book of the Year by Dwight Garner, New York Times

A â€œstylish and engagingâ€¦fearlessly honest accountâ€ (Financial Times) of manâ€™s love of drink, and an insightful meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide
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Drinking alcohol: a beloved tradition, a dangerous addiction, even â€œa sickness of the soulâ€ (as once described by a group of young Muslim men in Bali). In his wide-ranging travels, Lawrence Osborneâ€”a veritable connoisseur himselfâ€”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 and their treatment of alcohol fall on the spectrum between indulgence and restraint?Â
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These questions launch the author on an audacious journey, from the Middle East, where drinking is prohibited, to the West, where it is an importantâ€”yet perhaps very often a ruinousâ€”part of everyday life. Beginning in the bar of a luxury hotel in Milan, Osborne then ventures to the Hezbollah-threatened vineyards of Lebanon; a landmark pub in London; the dangerous drinking dens on the Malaysian border; the only brewery in the alcohol-hostile country of Pakistan; and Oman, where he faces the absurd challenge of finding a bottle of champagne on New Yearâ€™s Eve.Â Amid his travels, Osborne unravels the stories of alcoholism in his own family, and reflects on ramifications of alcohol consumption in his own life.Â
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An immersing, controversial, and often irreverent travel narrative, The Wet and the Dry 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.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2013-07-23
EANs 9780770436889

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2013-07-23
EANs	9780770436889

The Wet and the Dry: A Drinker's Journey

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