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else?) Christopher Hitchens, is in no way the least achievement because it is a reminder and a record of a culture that is incrementally slipping away . . . Like a bottle of Laphroaig, this book is full of good things, many of them familiar though others are more intriguing.”

—New Humanist

Copyright © 2008 by The Literary Estate of Sir Kingsley Amis

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission from the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information address Bloomsbury USA, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010.

Published by Bloomsbury USA, New York

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First published by Bloomsbury USA in 2008

This e-book edition published in 2010

eISBN: 978-1-59691-528-2

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Table of Contents

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Introduction The Muse of Booze

Editor’s Note and Glossary

I. On Drink

Introduction

Drinking Literature

Actual Drinks

Tools of The Trade

The Store Cupboard

First Thoughts on Wine

Further Thoughts on Wine*

Wine Shopper’s Guide

What to Drink with What

Abroad

Mean sod’s Guide

The Hangover

The Boozing Man’s Diet

How Not to Get Drunk

II. Every Day Drinking

III. How’s Your Glass?

Introduction

List of Abbreviations

Quizzes

Answers