Ebook: The wet and the dry: a drinker's journey

Gin and tonic -- A glass of arak in Beirut -- Fear and loathing in the Bekaa -- Lunch with Walid Jumblatt -- The ally pally -- England, your England -- The pure light of high summer -- New Year's in Muscat -- The little water -- My sweet Islamabad -- Bars in a man's life -- Getting a drink in a civil war -- Usquebaugh -- East into West -- Twilight at the Windsor Hotel.;An exploration of "man's love of drink and [a] ... meditation on the meaning of alcohol consumption across cultures worldwide"--Dust jacket flap.