Author(s): De Quincey Thomas ISBN: 9780099528593 Format: Hardcover
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Author: De Quincey, Thomas ISBN: 9780099528593 Format: Paperback Publisher: Random House
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS
Once upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist's counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies could be corked up in a pint bottle. Paradise? So thought Thomas de Quincey, but he soon discovered that 'nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium'.
