Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: Popular Penguins

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: Popular Penguins

by Thomas De Quincey

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Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs.

Author: Thomas De Quincey
Format: Paperback, 296 pages, 112mm x 180mm, 192 g
Published: 2010, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Anthologies, Essays, Letters & Miscellaneous

Vendor: Secondhand Stock
SKU: 9780141194943-SECONDHAND
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Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs.