Confessions of an English Opium-Eater With an Introduction by Howard Marks

Thomas De Quincey

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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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Book information

ISBN:	9780099528593
Publisher:	Random House
Imprint:	Vintage Classics
Pub date:	03 Jan 2013
DEWEY:	828.809
DEWEY edition:	23
Language:	English
Number of pages:	144
Weight:	110g
Height:	197mm
Width:	130mm
Spine width:	9mm