- Published: 18 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099528593
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144
- RRP: $14.99
Confessions of an English Opium Eater
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The original drug memoir - a true nineteenth century account of the pleasures and pains of addiction
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS
Once upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroine) 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'.
- Published: 18 March 2013
- ISBN: 9780099528593
- Imprint: Vintage Classics
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 144
- RRP: $14.99
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