Confessions of an English Opium-Eater
Author: De Quincey, Thomas
ISBN: 9780099528593
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Mar 2013
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
The original drug memoir - a true nineteenth century account of the pleasures and pains of addiction
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'.
ISBN: 9780099528593
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 18 Mar 2013
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback / softback
The original drug memoir - a true nineteenth century account of the pleasures and pains of addiction
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'.
