Description: This is a rare, hardcover edition of Nick Tosches' "The Last Opium Den", published by Bloombury. It is a highly sought-after book, perfect for collectors of rare and unique literature. The book is in excellent condition, with all pages intact and free of any damage. The Last Opium Den is an investigative journalism/travel book by Nick Tosches. It was originally an article in Vanity Fair, where Tosches is a contributing editor. Tosches travels the world (in particular, Southeast Asia) seeking the titular establishment. He also spends time discussing the heroin/opium trade, the history of opium dens, wine tasting, and the historical use of opium to treat symptoms of diabetes. Nick Tosches trades civilization and its discontents for the possibility of one moment of pure bliss. Driven by romantic, spiritual, and medicinal imperatives, Nick Tosches goes in search of something everyone tells him no longer exists: an opium den. From Europe to Hong Kong to Thailand to Cambodia, he hunts the Big Smoke, bewildered by its elusiveness and, despite the meaning it continues to evoke as a cultural touchstone, its alleged extinction. Weaving his spiritual and hallucinogenic quests together with inimitable, razor-sharp prose, Tosches's trip becomes a deeper meditation on what true fulfillment is and why no one bothers to look for it any more.
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Publication Year: 2002
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Book Title: The Last Opium Den
Author: Nick Tosches
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Topic: Books, Journalism, Opium, Drugs, Asia
Edition: First Edition
