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      The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking

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      A captivating exploration of alcoholism and literature by the author of The Lonely City; 'beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original' - Sunday Times

      Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Ec...

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      Product ID:9781786891600
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:Canons
      Title:The Trip to Echo Spring
      Subtitle:On Writers and Drinking
      Authors:Author: Olivia Laing
      Page Count:352
      Subjects:Biography: writers, Biography: literary
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      A captivating exploration of alcoholism and literature by the author of The Lonely City; 'beguiling, beautifully written . . . brilliant and original' - Sunday Times

      Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring, Olivia Laing takes a journey across America, examining the links between creativity and drink in the overlapping work and lives of six extraordinary men: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Tennessee Williams, John Berryman, John Cheever and Raymond Carver.

      From Hemingway''s Key West to Williams''s New Orleans, Laing pieces together a topographical map of alcoholism, and strips away the tangle of mythology to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert.


      Imprint Name:Canongate Canons
      Publisher Name:Canongate Books
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2017-10-05

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      Weight254 g
      Dimensions198 × 133 × 22 mm