{"product_id":"dead-drunk-tales-of-intoxication-and-demon-drinks","title":"Dead Drunk : Tales of Intoxication and Demon Drinks","description":"\u003cp\u003eBritish Library Tales of the Weird #41.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSuddenly he tripped and fell his length over a prostrate body... he marvelled that so rough an impact should not have kicked a groan out of the drunkard...\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWith a stiff measure of the supernatural, a dram of melodrama and a chaser of the cautionary kind, tales of drink and drunkenness can be found in a well- stocked cabinet of Victorian and early twentieth-century fiction, reflecting an anxiety about the impact of alcohol and intoxicants in society, as well as an acknowledgment of their influence on humans' perception of reality. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFeaturing drink-fuelled classics such as Robert Louis Stevenson's \u003cem\u003eThe Body Snatcher \u003c\/em\u003ealongside obscurities from periodicals such as Blackwood's Magazine, this new collection offers a (somewhat poisoned) chalice of dark and stormy short fiction, brimming with the weird, the grotesque, the entertaining and the outlandish.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pam Lock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44059097596161,"sku":"9780712354097","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0573\/8600\/8738\/files\/websitecovertemplate-1295.png?v=1727186098","url":"https:\/\/rarebirdsbooks.live\/products\/dead-drunk-tales-of-intoxication-and-demon-drinks","provider":"Rare Birds Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}