Confessions of an English Opium-eater
Author(s): Thomas De Quincey
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS. Once upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies could be corked up in a pint bottle. Paradise? So thought Thomas de Quincey, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'.
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- : Vintage
- : Vintage Classics
- : 0.109
- : 01 December 2012
- : 198mm X 129mm X 9mm
- : 01 February 2013
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- : Thomas De Quincey
- : Paperback
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