Creative Spirits: A Toast to Literary Drinkers

Creative spirits is a collection of excerpts by writers who were noted drinkers or whose works explore drinkers and drinking scenes. Each piece is introduced by John Booth describing the real life drinking habits of each writer. Included are famous and less familiar names from past and present, such as Kingsley Amis, Dylan Thomas, James Joyce, William Shakespeare, Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope.