A rollicking history of alcohol and its literary imbibers, from Jane Austenâs beer brewing to James Joyceâs passion for Guinness to E.B. Whiteâs cure for writersâ blockâa dry martiniâby celebrated illustrator Greg Clarke and award-winning editor/art director Monte Beauchamp.
""Civilization begins with distillation.""âWilliam Faulkner
""Bourbon does for me what the piece of cake did for Proust.""âWalker Percy
""God has a brown voice, full and soft as beer.""âAnne Sexton
Throughout history, there has been no greater catalyst for creativity among writersâso they claimâthan a good, stiff drink. From Aristophanesâ attraction to wine, to Dostoevskyâs breakfast of grain vodka and brown bread, to Joan Didionâs fondness for gin, stories abound of how booze has fueled and inspired our literary icons.
In this volume, cartoonist Greg Clarke and comics anthologist Monte Beauchamp take us on an unforgettable literary bar crawl. A Sidecar Named Desire is packed with historical factoids, anecdotes, booze trivia, and fascinating detours into the lives of our most storied literary personalitiesâalong with literary-themed cocktail recipes such as Ernest Hemingwayâs Death in the Afternoon and Philip Larkinâs Gin and Tonic set to verse.
For the literary-minded drinkerâwhether wine, gin, vodka, beer, whiskey, or tequila is your elixir of choiceâA Sidecar Named Desire will whet your appetite. Bottoms up!