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The Modern Drunkard: A Handbook for Drinking in the 21st Century

A playful illustrated guide to drinking, celebrating the old art of enjoying a drink. It offers practical advice on how to imbibe and how to do it with style, drawing on the lore and legends of alcohol across the centuries. Topics include manners for the tipsy, the forgotten pleasures of the long weekend bender, a year's worth of excuses to get happily soused, and how to survive a staged intervention. Written with a wink, it treats its subject with affectionate mischief rather than a lecture.

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