基本信息出版社：Pan Books
页码：352 页
出版日期：2006年08月
ISBN：033043151X
条形码：9780330431514
装帧：平装
正文语种：英语

内容简介 Never in history have we seemed to have such global freedom, such an opportunity to indulge our wildest tastes. We think we live in a time of unprecedented choice. But as Taras Grescoe discovers, this is just an illusion. In this witty expose our intrepid author goes in search of the things that the rulers of the world will punish you for trying - all the time asking the question: why, in ostensibly free states, should we be criminalized for behaviour that concerns no one but ourselves? In a travelogue that takes in Swiss absinthe, Cuban cigars, Bolivian coca tea and stinking French cheese, Taras Grescoe drinks, smokes and eats his way towards some answers. Fun, philosophical, and unafraid of the big questions, this is a journey for free-thinkers, not the faint-hearted. As insightful and outraged as "Fast Food Nation" and as funny and astute as "Dude, Where's My Country?", "The Devil's Picnic" is a feast for anyone who has ever made a stand for personal liberty.
作者简介 Taras Grescoe lives in Montreal. He is a prize-winning journalist and author, whose articles have appeared in The Times, the New York Times, the Independent, and National Geographic Traveller. The Devil's Picnic is his third book.
编辑推荐 The Daily Telegraph:
'When he isn’t busy offending the locals, Grescoe’s book produces some interesting factoids' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The New Statesman
'If you dislike being treated like a teenager by governments that routinely defend the...indefensible, than you are certain to enjoy' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The New Statesman
'Taras Gresco’s book is a perceptive, witty analysis of the enduring folly that is prohibition.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Financial Times
Grescoe is insightful about the prejudices and moral panics underlying the urge to prohibit. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Geographical
witty and intriguing expose that’s part travelogue, part political analysis --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Financial Times
'Grescoe is insightful about the prejudices and moral panics underlying the urge to prohibit.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

The Financial Times
'While not a gung-ho libertarian, he is a firm believer in personal choice over the strictures of the nanny state.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Sunday Tribune
'Grescoe turns in a thoughtful treatise on the politics, economics and sociology of prohibition…' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Sunday Tribune
'Grescoe’s table of delights offers not just exotic sensation but clear and provocative thinking.' --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.