A Sidecar Named Desire: Great Writers and the Booze That Stirred Them

by Greg Clarke and Monte Beauchamp

Book Overview

A rollicking illustrated history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austen's beer brewing to James Joyce's passion for Guinness to E.B. White's cure for writers' block--a dry martini--by celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp.

"The tools that I need for my trade are simply pen, paper, food, tobacco, and a little whiskey."

--William Faulkner

"I keep a dictionary,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062696386
• ISBN13: 9780062696380
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Dey Street Books
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 8.1"