Hideous Absinthe

Jad Adams is a television producer and author whose last book, Madder Music, Stronger Wine, received resounding critical praise. He has also written biographies of Tony Benn and of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. He lives in London and on the Greek island of Leros.

“Adams offers rich hitorical context, cultural perspective, anecdotes, and pointed observations. . . . This book is as titillating as it is sobering.”—New York Times Book Review“A careful and considered account of a drink whose reputation has always exceed its consumption. . . . Even specialists will learn something from this balanced and informative account.”—New England Journal of Medicine