Everyday Drinking

**Kingsley Amis’s drink writing is better than anybody else’s, ever *. Esquire*** **New in giftable hardcover, with an introduction by Christopher Hitchens-a collection of witty and deeply informed writings on wine, beer, and cocktails, from one of the all-time experts.** Kingsley Amis was one of the great masters of comic prose, and no subject was dearer to him than the art and practice of drinking. *Everyday Drinking* brings together the best of his writing on the subject: *Kingsley Amis in Drink,* *Everyday Drinking* and *How’s Your Glass?.* In one handsome package, the book covers a full shelf of the master’s humorous and erudite thoughts on the drinking arts. Along with a series of well-tested recipes (including a cocktail called the Lucky Jim) are Amis’s musings on The Hangover, The Boozing Man’s Diet, and (presumably as a matter of speculation) How Not to Get Drunkall leavened with entertaining quizzes on the making and drinking of alcohol all over the world. Mixing practical know-how and hilarious opinionation, *Everyday Drinking* is a delightful cocktail of wry humor and distilled knowledge, served by one of our great gimlet wits.