Pursuit of Oblivion
''The most important study on this subject in years, perhaps ever'' Phillip Knightley, SUNDAY TIMES
A history of drug-taking, telling the story across five centuries of addicts and users: monarchs, prime ministers, great writers and composers, wounded soldiers, overworked physicians, oppressed housewives, exhausted labourers, high-powered businessmen, playboys, sex workers, pop stars, seedy losers,...
''The most important study on this subject in years, perhaps ever'' Phillip Knightley, SUNDAY TIMES
A history of drug-taking, telling the story across five centuries of addicts and users: monarchs, prime ministers, great writers and composers, wounded soldiers, overworked physicians, oppressed housewives, exhausted labourers, high-powered businessmen, playboys, sex workers, pop stars, seedy losers,...
