A Short History of Drunkenness is released in the USA on May 8th
Monday, 16 December 2013
Christmas Drinking
As the season of office Christmas parties is upon us, it's probably time to pull out this old roasted chestnut, a video of me explaining where the names of drinks come from.
Wormwood and Gall...I am sure these gentlemen cut me a three-piece after a foolish visit to Saville Row with the proceeds of a good win on the horses in my pocket. Though it still hangs in my wardrobe, I wore it once and once only.
A SHORT HISTORY OF DRUNKENNESS comes out in the USA on May 8th
Reviews of A Short History of Drunkenness
Haha! . . . Highly suitable for Xmas! - Margaret Atwood
My favourite book of this and possibly any other Christmas is Mark Forsyth's A Short History of Drunkenness - The Spectator
Sparkling, erudite and laugh out loud funny. Mark Forsyth is the kind of guide that drunks, teetotallers and light drinkers dream of to explain the ins and outs of alcohol use and abuse since the beginning of time. One of my books of the year. Immensely enjoyable. Professor Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk Roads
A Short History of Drunkenness is this year's Châteauneuf-du-Pape of Christmas books, no less. Bloody entertaining. - Emlyn Rees
Sometimes you see a book title that simply gladdens the heart. Everyone I showed this book to either smiled broadly or laughed out loud . . . This is a book of some brilliance - Daily Mail
With a great eye for a story and a counterintuitive argument, Mark Forsyth has enormous fun breezing through 10,000 years of alcoholic history in a little more than 250 pages. - The Guardian
Well researched and recounted with excellent humour, Forsyth's alcohol-ridden tale is sure to reduce anyone to a stupor of amazement. - Daily Express
This entertaining study of drunkenness makes for a racy sprint through human history - history being, as Mark Forsyth wittily puts it "the result of farmers working too hard". - The Sunday Times
This charming book proved so engrossing that while reading it I accidentally drank two bottles of wine without realising. - Rob Temple, author of Very British Problems
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Cheers! And many thanks!
ReplyDeleteIn vino veritas. Thank you for conducting this important etymological research... and festive greetings!!
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DeleteWormwood and Gall...I am sure these gentlemen cut me a three-piece after a foolish visit to Saville Row with the proceeds of a good win on the horses in my pocket. Though it still hangs in my wardrobe, I wore it once and once only.
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