{"product_id":"the-existential-drinker","title":"Existential Drinker","description":"Drinking to excess has been a striking problem for industrial and post-industrial societies – who is responsible when an individual opts for a slow suicide? The causes of such drinking have often been blamed on genes, moral weakness, ‘disease’ (addiction), hedonism, and Romantic illusion. Yet there is another reason: the drinker may act with sincere philosophical intent, exploring the edges of self, consciousness, will, ethics, authenticity and finitude. Beginning with Jack London’s \u003ci\u003eJohn Barleycorn: alcoholic memoirs\u003c\/i\u003e the book goes on to cover novels such as Jean Rhys’s \u003ci\u003eGood morning, midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, Malcolm Lowry’s \u003ci\u003eUnder the volcano\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Jackson’s \u003ci\u003eThe lost weekend\u003c\/i\u003e and John O’Brien’s \u003ci\u003eLeaving Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e, and less familiar works such as Frederick Exley’s \u003ci\u003eA fan’s notes\u003c\/i\u003e, Venedikt Yerofeev’s \u003ci\u003eMoscow-Petushki\u003c\/i\u003e, and A. L. Kennedy’s \u003ci\u003eParadise\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54205604069720,"sku":null,"price":97.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780719099618_a2f17e42-b623-413e-a6fb-4a150bfe5ac4.jpg?v=1765266346","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/the-existential-drinker","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}