In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers (Paperback)

Thoughtful delivery service

Easy 30 day returns

Certified Reviews

Description

In Love with Hell: Drink in the Lives and Work of Eleven Writers (Paperback)'In Love with Hell is a fascinating and beautifully written account of the lives of eleven British and American authors whose addiction to alcohol may have been a necessary adjunct to their writing but ruined their lives. Palmer's succinct biographies contain fine descriptions of the writers, their work and the times they lived in; and there are convincing insights into what led so many authors to take to drink.'PIERS PAUL READWhy do some writers

Amongst its key survival skills

sweeps to power on a tide of populist goodwill

Harriet steps in - with devastating consequences

her childhood hopes seem to shatter

she is set upon a course of ‘rehabilitation’ – but she falls in love with a fellow exile and starts to question the constraints of her new existence

and increased safety

and the Detroit florists who created an awe-inspiring installation in an abandoned building (before deconstructing the site and turning the land into a community flower farm)

Alongside her

shrubs and fixes

Gold foil endpapers

Step-by-step projects for screens to grace any room

takes us through the ages of our lives – Childhood

Exchange/Return Notes