The Pursuit of Oblivion by Richard Davenport-Hines
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, stressed adolescents, defiant schoolchildren, the victims of the ghetto, and happy young people on a spree. It is also the history of one bad idea, prohibition. 'You'll find almost everything you ever wanted to know about drugs in this work, except how to get hold of them' Simon Garfield, FINANCIAL TIMES 'Everyone with any influence on government policy should read this book and wake up before it is too late' Phillip Knightley, SUNDAY TIMES
THE PURSUIT OF OBLIVION by Richard Davenport-Hines LS Richard was on In our Time (BBC Radio 4) on Thursday 16 May and we've had a brilliant review in theGuardian: "..comes with the implicit Davenport-Hines guarantee of hard work, deep thought, and good writing... This is a book which politicians should be forced to read." Nick Lezard, Guardian '...an epic romp...This is a well researched work and it is difficult to argue with the underlying attitude that criticises prohibition.'Martin Tierney, The Herald "A powerful examination ofthe more extreme palliatives that we use to help us cope with everyday life."
Richard Davenport-Hines is a past winner of the Wolfson Prize for History and contributes regularly to the TLS, SUNDAY TIMES, INDEPENDENT and NATURE.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781842125526 |
| ISBN 10 | 1842125524 |
| Title | The Pursuit of Oblivion |
| Author | Richard Davenport-Hines |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Orion Publishing Co |
| Year published | 2002-05-16 |
| Number of pages | 480 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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