From the condemnatory to the celebratory, this book is an utterly absorbing collection of the very best in drug-related literature.
Highly entertaining and impeccably researched, this thoroughly addictive anthology begins with Apuleius's second-century text, 'The Golden Ass', and finishes with Irvine Welsh's tale about speeding in a bowls club. In between are a wealth of pieces from well-known writers on drugs, such as Burroughs, Baudelaire and Huxley, and individuals not normally associated with the subject, such as Boccasccio, Marco Polo, JM Barrie and Cary Grant.
