The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History Allan L. Berkowitz With her grandparents' home still

With her grandparents' home still hours away and the roads growing more hazardous by the minute

a woman brave enough to tame his beast - and strong enough to fight the demons inside both his head and his heart

in the hands of CJ Hopkins the conceit is nothing short of a blistering revelation

ISBN13: 9781606081426

The Book of Absinthe: A Cultural History Allan L. Berkowitz With her grandparents' home stillLa Fee Verte (or The Green Fairy) has intoxicated artists, poets, and writers ever since the late eighteenth century. Stories abound of absinthe's druglike sensations of mood lift and inspiration due to the presence of wormwood, its infamous special ingredient, which ultimately leads to delirium, homicidal mania, and death. Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murders, Phil Baker offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as