A Modern De Quincey: Autobiography of an Opium Addict

By HR Robinson

In 1923, upon completion of a posting in northern Burma, Captain Robinson returned to Mandalay to await a new assignment. While there he sampled the pleasures of the opium den. This is his account of the seduction of a naive young romantic by the East and of his narrow escape from death. Captain Robinson, completing a posting as a young British administrator in remote northern Burma, returned to Mandalay in 1923 to await a new assignment. One evening, Robinson and two friends, came upon an opium den. While his friends called it a night, Robinson stayed on to sample the forbidden

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9745240389
• ISBN13: 9789745240384
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: Orchid Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"