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Author:

Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-

Title:

The wet and the dry : a drinker's journey / Lawrence Osborne.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Crown,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

226 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Drinking customs--Cross-cultural studies.
Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Cross-cultural studies.
Temperance--Cross-cultural studies.

Notes:

Subtitle in pre-publication: Travels in the realms of drinking and prohibition.

Contents:

Gin and tonic -- A glass of arak in Beirut -- Fear and loathing in the Bekaa -- Lunch with Walid Jumblatt -- The ally pally -- England, your England -- The pure light of high summer -- New Year's in Muscat -- The little water -- My sweet Islamabad -- Bars in a man's life -- Getting a drink in a civil war -- Usquebaugh -- East into West -- Twilight at the Windsor Hotel.

Summary:

An exploration of "man's love of drink and [a] ... meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide"--Dust jacket flap.

ISBN:

0770436897 (eISBN)
9780770436896 (eISBN)
0770436889 (hbk.)
9780770436889 (hbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)818985042

LCCN:

2012038224

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YAPC771 -- Bondurant Community Library (Bondurant)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)