{"product_id":"wet-and-the-dry","title":"Wet And The Dry","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘I am taking a few months off to travel and wander, drinking my way across the Islamic world to see whether I can dry myself out, cure myself of a bout of alcoholic excess. It is a personal crisis, a private curiosity… I am curious to see how non-drinkers live. Perhaps they have something to teach me.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBooze is mankind''s premier drug of choice, the most popular mind-altering substance ever devised, and it plays a furtive, celebrated and subversive role in nearly every culture on earth. In \u003ci\u003eThe Wet and the Dry\u003c\/i\u003e, Lawrence Osborne explores the culture of permission, particularly in the West, and the opposing culture of prohibition, notably in the Islamic East.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOsborne’s globe-trotting odyssey takes him from the luxurious bars of Milan to the vineyards of Lebanon, threatened by Hezbollah; from Swedish vodka to Pakistani strawberry gin; from the Nellie Dean pub in Soho to the dangerous brothels and drinking dens on the Malaysian border; from the boutique scotch produced on Islay to the liquor destroying Native American reservations; and from the only brewery in the dry country of Pakistan to the search for a bottle of New Year’s champagne in Oman. All the while, Osborne’s own Irish family history of terrifying alcoholism fails to deter him from seeking out a drink wherever he can.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57490292605301,"sku":"9781846554629","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781846554629.jpg?v=1786442181","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/wet-and-the-dry","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}