The Thirsty Muse: Alcohol and the American Writer
- ISBN-10
- 0395574226
- ISBN-13
- 9780395574225
- Category
- Alcoholism
- Pages
- 292
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Author
- Tom Dardis
Description
Examines the effects of alcohol on the life and work of Faulkner, Fitzgerald, Hemingway, and O'Neill, tracing how the initial positive benefits of the drug were lost as drink eventually took its toll on the writers
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