num_pages: 128
description: Whats the worst another drink could do? John Cheever pours out our most sociable of vices and hands it to us in a highball. From the calculating teenager who raids her parents liquor cabinet only to drown her sorrows in it to the suburban swimmer withering away with every plunge he takes these are stories suffused with beauty sadness and the gathering storm of a bender well-done. Seen through the gin-lacquered looking glass of Cheevers writing your next drink may have you reaching for a lime and soda instead.Selected from the book Collected Stories by John CheeverVINTAGE MINIS: GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS.A series of short books by the worlds greatest writers on the experiences that make us humanFor the full list of books visit vintageminis.co.ukAlso in the Vintage Minis series:Swimming by Roger DeakinEating by Nigella LawsonCalm by Tim PeaksLove by Jeanette Winterson
language: English
title: Drinking
publisher: Random House Uk