Ten Drinks That Changed the World
$40.00
- Hardcover
216 pages
- Release Date
19 October 2018
Summary
Walk into any bar, in almost any part of the world, and there, on the back shelf you’re likely to see Baijiu, Cognac, Vodka, Scottish and Irish Whisky, Shochu, Tequila, Bourbon, Rum, Gin, and Absinthe. These drinks helped shape our culture; inspired authors and painters, brought both anarchy and harmony and even, in some cases, induced mass hysteria. In Ten Drinks That Changed the World, bartender, poet and writer Seki Lynch tells the stories behind the spirits. Tracing the origins of each …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781851499007 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1851499008 |
| Author: | Seki Lynch, Tom Maryniak |
| Publisher: | ACC Art Books |
| Imprint: | ACC Art Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 216 |
| Release Date: | 19 October 2018 |
| Weight: | 510g |
| Dimensions: | 195mm x 130mm |
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About The Author
Seki Lynch
Seki Lynch -Seki- it’s like ‘say hi’ with a ‘k’- is a performance poet, writer and bar manager. Originally from Leeds, he lives in London where he graduated with a BA in Creative Writing and English Literature from the University of Westminster. Since first intoxicated by drinks history after a Hemingway daiquiri, he’s served pisco sours in Peru and designed serious cocktails with silly names for several UK establishments. He has performed numerous times at the Pint of Science and Curious Arts festivals at varying degrees of inebriation. His writing and poetry has appeared in Root and Bone and the International Times, and he was shortlisted for the Grindstone Literary Poetry prize in 2018.
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