Ireland's drinking culture is the envy of the world and the source of inspiration for many of its most famous writers. From Celtic mythology to the current generation of writers alcohol and its effects, entertaining, troubling and sometimes dangerous, have inspired many classic short stories. From every type of Irish revelry, wakes and weddings, city bars and country pubs here is a round of stories that celebrate drink and drinking and turn the craic into an art form.
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Ireland's drinking culture is the envy of the world and the source of inspiration for many of its most famous writers. From Celtic mythology to the current generation of writers alcohol and its effects, entertaining, troubling and sometimes dangerous, have inspired many classic short stories. From every type of Irish revelry, wakes and weddings, city bars and country pubs here is a round of stories that celebrate drink and drinking and turn the craic into an art form.
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Very Good. Editor(s): Haining, Peter. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 412. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. 2002. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Very Good dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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New in Fine jacket. Book Octavo, hardcover, new in about fine b & w pictorial dj showing a group of guys drinking Guinness and swapping Irish yarns. 333 pp. Irish revelry is included, wakes and weddings, city bars and country pubs, the craic and the ceilidh in a round of twenty-five stories that celebrate drink and drinking.
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Like New in Fine jacket. Size: 8x5x1; Ireland's drinking culture has been exported around the world and given the Irish a reputation as an entertaining and talkative nation. It has been an inspiration for Ireland's other great exports-her writers. From James Joyce, Flann O'Brien, and Brendan Behan to Roddy Doyle and Patrick McCabe all have written about drinking and its effects, the stuff of life and the sometimes troubling consequences. Irish revelry is included, wakes and weddings, city bars and country pubs, the craic and the ceilidh in a round of twenty-five stories that celebrate drink and drinking. Travel around the most celebrated fictional pubs in Irish literature, attend memorable wakes, listen to the legendary drinkers who hold court at the bar and spin the most spellbinding tales you're ever likely to hear. Great Irish Drinking Stories spills over with wit, imagination, and the appetite for life that you'll find in any Irish pub.
