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New in giftable hardcover, with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens--a collection of witty and deeply informed writings on wine, beer, and cocktails, from one of the all-time experts.

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Kingsley Amis's drink writing is better than anybody else's, ever... * - Esquire * These books are so delicious they impart a kind of contact high; they make you feel as if you've just had the first sip of the planet's coldest, driest martini. * - The New York Times Daily Review * There has never been a more charming, erudite, eager, generous and devoted lover of drink - to judge by his writing - than Kingsley Amis. * - The New York Times Sunday Book Review * His treatise on the hangover (both physical and metaphysical) is among his best known for a reason, and is required reading for the dipsomaniacs amongst us. * - The Washington Times *

These books are so delicious they impart a kind of contact high; they make you feel as if you've just had the first sip of the planet's coldest, driest martini. * - The New York Times Daily Review *

"""Kingsley Amis's drink writing is better than anybody else's, ever..."" * - Esquire * ""These books are so delicious they impart a kind of contact high; they make you feel as if you've just had the first sip of the planet's coldest, driest martini."" * - The New York Times Daily Review * ""There has never been a more charming, erudite, eager, generous and devoted lover of drink - to judge by his writing - than Kingsley Amis."" * - The New York Times Sunday Book Review * ""His treatise on the hangover (both physical and metaphysical) is among his best known for a reason, and is required reading for the dipsomaniacs amongst us."" * - The Washington Times *"

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Born in London in 1922, Kingsley Amis was one of the best-loved British novelists of the twentieth century. He was the author of more than twenty novels, including the classic Lucky Jim, and a number of other works of criticism, poetry, and memoir. He was knighted in 1990, and died in 1995 at the age of seventy-three.

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