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Title: COKE AN ANECDOTAL HISTORY
By: Jeremy Scott, Natalia Naish
Format: Hardback

List price: £14.99


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ISBN 10: 1849545170
ISBN 13: 9781849545174
Publisher: BITEBACK PUBLISHING
Pub. date: 3 June, 2013
Pages: 288
Description: A light, entertaining and slightly irreverent romp through the history of the drug.
Synopsis: 'Cocaine's not addictive, darling. I should know, I've been taking for years.' That airy disclaimer, uttered by Tallulah Bankhead, has long been an article of faith for coke's legion of fans - and little has changed since cocaine's sensational debut in the Belle Epoque. Alternately glorified and demonised, hailed as a miraculous cure-all or blamed for society's failings, the White Lady has gone global. Today, she is the stimulant of choice for European partiers and stressed-out bankers alike - and everyone from producer to consumer is playing a high-stakes game. In Coke, Natalia Naish and Jeremy Scott recount the sweeping history of cocaine since its first appearance, charting the highs and lows from pre-history to the present day. With personality-led stories of its more notorious users, including Sigmund Freud, Stevie Nicks, Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse, the tale is rich in anecdote, often tragic and sometimes hilarious. Neither moralistic nor condoning, Coke: The Biography is a thrilling popular history of a global phenomenon.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Robson Press
Returns: Returnable
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