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Format:
Book
Title:
Hungover : the morning after and one man's quest for the cure
ISBN:
9780143126706
Publication:
New York, NY : Penguin Books, [2018]
Physical Description:
xvi, 399 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
General Note:
"A Penguin original memoir"--Page 4 of cover
Contents:
Part 1 What Happens In Vegas p. 7 -- First Interlude: A Drink Before the War p. 32 -- Part 2 What Happens Above Vegas p. 37 -- Second Interlude: Plenty of Aversion; A Version of Pliny p. 61 -- Part 3 Hair That Wags The Dog p. 65 -- Third Interlude: And Up She Rises p. 108 -- Part 4 A Mad Hatter In Middle Earth p. 115 -- Fourth Interlude: Werewolves of London p. 140 -- Part 5 Twelve Pints In Twelve Pubs p. 145 -- Fifth Interlude: The Withnail Awards; A Press Release p. 176 -- Part 6 Hungover Games p. 179 -- Sixth Interlude: A Roots of Remedy Roundup p. 206 -- Part 7 Future's So Bright p. 211 -- Seventh Interlude: Killer Parties p. 235 -- Part 8 Tiger On The Roof p. 239 -- Eighth Interlude: I Woke Up This Morning p. 256 -- Part 9 Beyond The Volcanoes p. 261 -- Ninth Interlude: Aspirin or Sorrow p. 290 -- Part 10 When Lizards Drink From Your Eyes p. 295 -- Tenth Interlude: The Hangover Writer p. 317 -- Part 11 After The Flood p. 323 -- For the Love of Hangovers: A Kind of Conclusion p. 355.
Summary:
"One intrepid reporter's quest to learn everything there is to know about hangovers, trying all of the cures he can find and explaining how (and if) they work, all so rest of us don't have to We've all been there. One minute you're fast asleep, and in the next you're tumbling from dreams of deserts and demons, into semi-consciousness, mouth full of sand, head throbbing. You're hungover. Courageous journalist Shaughnessy Bishop-Stall has gone to the front lines of humanity's age-old fight against hangovers to settle once and for all the best way to get rid of the aftereffects of a night of indulgence (short of not drinking in the first place). Hangovers have plagued human beings for about as long as civilization has existed (and arguably longer), so there has been plenty of time for cures to be concocted. But even in 2018, little is actually known about hangovers, and less still about how to cure them. Cutting through the rumor and the myth, Hungover explores everything from polar bear swims, to saline IV drips, to the age-old hair of the dog, to let us all know which ones actually work. And along the way, Bishop-Stall regales readers with stories from humanity's long and fraught relationship with booze, and shares the advice of everyone from Kingsley Amis to a man in a pub"-- Provided by publisher

"Hangovers have plagued human beings for about as long as civilization has existed (and arguably longer), so there has been plenty of time for cures to be concocted. But even in 2018, little is actually known about hangovers, and less still about how to cure them. Cutting through the rumor and the myth, Hungover explores everything from polar bear swims, to saline IV drips, to the age-old hair of the dog, to let us all know which ones actually work. And along the way, Bishop-Stall regales readers with stories from humanity's long and fraught relationship with booze, and shares the advice of everyone from Kingsley Amis to a man in a pub"-- Provided by publisher
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