Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle by Jad Adams

Hideous Absinthe: A History of the Devil in a Bottle

Jad Adams

304 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction food and drink history informative slow-paced
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Hideous Absinthe boldly combines the art, literature, science, and social history of the nineteenth century to produce the story of a drink that came to symbolize both the high points of art and the depths of degeneration.    Jad Adams looks at th...

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