Description
| 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 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Canongate Canons |
| Publisher Name: | Canongate Books |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2017-10-05 |