Morphine/My Lady Opium
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" John Baxter is] a man with a great appreciation of what makes Paris tick." -- Newsday A "flip book" featuring two classic novels about drugs, decadence--and Paris in the late 19th and early 20th centuries--translated from French by John Baxter ( Immoveable Feast, We'll Always Have Paris ): Morphine , a rollicking novel about a handsome cavalry officer who introduces morphine to the aristocrats of 1889 Paris... and sleeps his way through town; and My Lady Opium , a fevered tour through the romantic and mysterious world of opium at the turn of the 20th century.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0061965340
ISBN13:9780061965340
Release Date:April 2010
Publisher:Harper Perennial
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.8" x 7.1"
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