Annotations:
Forty-three classic American writers. Forty-three classic cocktails. And a round of spirited stories of barroom bets, glamorous parties, late-night carousing, and outrageous pranks. What do William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Sinclair Lewis, Eugene O' Neill, and John Steinbeck have in common? They're all writers. They're all Americans. They all won the Nobel Prize in Literature. And they all enjoyed a good, stiff drink.
Publisher's Remarks:
In this entertaining homage to the golden age of the cocktail, illustrator Edward Hemingway and writer Mark Bailey present the best (and thirstiest) American writers, their favorite cocktails, true stories of their saucy escapades, and intoxicating excerpts from their literary works. It's the perfect blend of classic cocktail recipes, literary history, and tales of the good old days of extravagant Martini lunches and delicious excess.
When Algonquin Round Table legend Robert Benchley was asked if he knew that drinking was a slow death, Benchley took a sip of his cocktail and replied, "So who's in a hurry?" Hunter S. Thompson took Muhammad Ali's health tip to eat grapefruit every day; he just added liquor to the mix. Invited to a "come as you are" party, F. Scott Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, arrived in their pajamas ready for their cocktail of choice: a Gin Rickey.
Forty-three classic American writers, forty-three authentic cocktail recipes, forty-three telling anecdotes about the high life, and forty-three samples of the best writing in literature -"Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide to Great American Writers" delivers straight-up fun.
Product Detail:
Author: Bailey, Mark
Illustrator: Hemingway, Edward
Publisher: Algonquin Books Of Chapel Hill,
Content Language: English
Book,
Hardcover: 97 pages
Weight: 0.74 lbs.
Dimensions: L: 7.36 in. x W: 5.86 in. x H: 0.61 in.
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