The Last Opium Den

"Nick Tosches trades civilization and its discontents for the possibility of one moment of pure bliss.". "Driven by romantic, spiritual, and medicinal imperatives, Nick Tosches goes in search of something everyone tells him no longer exists: an opium den. From Europe to Hong Kong to Thailand to Cambodia, he hunts the Big Smoke, bewildered by its elusiveness and, despite the meaning it continues to evoke as a cultural touchstone, its alleged extinction. Weaving his spiritual and hallucinogenic quests together with inimitable, razor-sharp prose, Tosches's trip becomes a deeper meditation on what true fulfillment is and why no one bothers to look for it any more."--BOOK JACKET.

First sentence: YOU SEE, I needed to go to hell.

Year

2002

Language

English

Publisher

Bloomsbury USA

Editions

1

Pages

74

ISBN

9781582342276

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