The wet and the dry : a drinker's journey
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-2013
Book
In 'The Wet and the Dry', Lawrence Osborne explores the culture of permission, particularly in the West, and the opposing culture of prohibition, notably in the Islamic East, investigating how this strange duality has come to form not just whole civilizations but the intricate mechanisms of the private self as well.
Main title:
The wet and the dry : a drinker's journey / Lawrence Osborne.
Author:
Osborne, Lawrence, 1958-, author
Imprint:
London : Harvill Secker, 2013.London : Harvill Secker, 2013.
Collation:
242 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:
9781846554629 (pbk)
Dewey class:
394.13
Language:
English
Subject:
Drinking of alcoholic beverages -- Islamic countriesDrinking of alcoholic beverages -- Western countriesTemperance -- Islamic countriesTemperance -- Western countriesIslamic countries -- Description and travelWestern countries -- Description and travelOsborne, Lawrence, 1958- -- Travel -- Islamic countriesOsborne, Lawrence, 1958- -- Travel -- Western countries
BRN:
231417