Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic Mushroom - Couverture souple

Letcher, Andy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0571227716 ISBN 13 : 9780571227716

Editeur : Faber & Faber, 2007

Synopsis

'[An] intelligent and well-researched book, which is full of surprises.' Guardian

'Extraordinary . . . a fascinating and satisfying read.' Observer

'Elegant and authoritative.' Independent on Sunday

'A thrilling trip that is both erudite and greatly entertaining. Mind-bending stuff.' Scotland on Sunday

Informative, lively, and impeccably researched, Shroom is a unique and engaging study of this most extraordinary of psychedelic drugs.

The 'magic mushroom' was only rediscovered seventy years ago, but has accumulated all sorts of folktales and urban legends along the way. In this timely and definitive study, Andy Letcher strips away the myths to get at the true story of how hallucinogenic mushrooms, once shunned in the West as the most pernicious of poisons, came to be the illicit drug of choice.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Andy Letcher has doctorates in both Ecology and Religious Studies. During the nineties he lived in a treehouse at the Newbury bypass campaign and toured in a variety of psychedelic festival bands. He currently lectures in critical psychedelic studies at the University of Exeter. He is married with three children and lives in Devon.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Faber & Faber
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0571227716
• ISBN 13: 9780571227716
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
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