Dedalus Book of Absinthe

Beginning with the 1905 Absinthe Murders, this book offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as a herbal tonic through to its luxuriantly morbid heyday in the late nineteenth century. The Dedalus Book of Absinthe received more than 50 book reviews and has been the subject of universal acclamation. It offers over two hundred years of cultural history packed into a bottle of absinthe. AUTHOR: Phil Baker Phil Baker Phil Baker has written two books for Dedalus: The Dedalus Book of Absinthe and The Devil is a Gentleman: The Life and Times of Dennis Wheatley. He has also edited and wrote the introduction for Dedalus of The Man Who Was Norris: The Life of Gerald Hamilton. He reviews for a number of papers including The Sunday Times and The Times Literary Supplement. He is the author of a book on Samuel Beckett and biographies of the London artist Austin Osman Spare and the American writer William S. Burroughs.