The Hour: A Cocktail Manifesto

by Bernard DeVoto

Book Overview

One part celebration, one part history, two parts manifesto, Bernard DeVoto's The Hour is a comic and unequivocal treatise on how and why we drink--properly. The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author turns his shrewd wit on the spirits and attitudes of his time (warning: this book is NOT for rum drinkers), and instructs readers on how to drink with class while shedding new light on the simple joys of the cocktail hour. An immediate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982504802
• ISBN13: 9780982504802
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 7.4"