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One hundred forty-four proof, notoriously addictive, and the drug of choice for 19th-century poets, absinthe is gaining bootleg popularity after almost a century of being banned. Due to popular demand, this book is back in a new paperback edition. 60 color photos. 100 illustrations.

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On the yellow dawn of August 28, 1905, while his wife and children slept, Jean Lanfray rose and dressed in the second-floor bedroom of his family's dilapidated farmhouse in Commugny, a small village within the French-speaking canton of Vaud, Switzerland.

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  1. Barnaby Conrad (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Chronicle Books
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Publication Date: 1988
ISBN: 0877014868
Page Count: 160

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