Wildest Dreams - Softcover

Rudgley, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0349111383 ISBN 13: 9780349111384

Verlag: Abacus, 2001

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Book by Rudgley Richard

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WILDEST DREAMS os as strong on anthropological exotica- hallucinogenic snuff, zombie poisons and so on- as it is on comedy. (DAILY TELEGRAPH)

An informative and enjoyable read for newcomers to the world of drugs and its aficionados too. (THE TIMES)

A book which manages to be erudite without being boring, and which keeps readers coming back for another fix without trivialising its subject. (SCENE)

Reseña del editor:

Just as some would have us believe that drug-taking was invented in the 1960s, so most drug literature available today seems fixated on late twentieth-century experiences. Richard Rudgley's highly entertaining, impeccably researched new book breaks out of these narrow confines to provide a truly comprehensive anthology of drug-related writings.
Nor are the excerpts restricted to the usual genres. From the seventeenth-century come recipes for an 'ant wine aphrodisiac' and suggestions from John Baptista Porta on 'How to make a Man out of his senses for a day'. The pieces also span cultures, from Wade Davis's anthropological study on the preparation of zombie poisons in Haiti, to Amazonian folk tales about snuff; to Indian myths on the origin of ganga, to Lahu prayers for a bountiful opium crop. The extracts range from the condemnatory, to the cautious, to the celebratory. An informative and revisionist take on a controversial issue, WILDEST DREAMS can also be enjoyed simply as an utterly absorbing collection of the very best in drug-related literature.

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Abacus
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0349111383
• ISBN 13: 9780349111384
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
• Herausgeber: Rudgley Richard