Devil's Cup
Subtitle: coffee, the driving force in history
Publisher: Canongate Pub Ltd
Published: July 2000
Place of publication: Edinburgh, Scotland
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781841950440
Copyright date: 2000
Notes: "First published in the United States of America in 1999 by Soho Press Inc., New York. Published in Great Britain in 2000 by Canongate Books Ltd., Edinburgh." - T.p. verso.
Front cover design: a simulated coffee stain ring. Back cover design: COFFEE THE DRIVING FORCE IN HISTORY.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The first cup; title: A season in hell; title: Ethiopian prayer; title: Sailing to al-Makkha; title: An evil sister; title: Java; title: Monkey droppings; title: Mother Calcutta; title: The man in the red hat; title: War; title: The revolution; title: Paris; title: The sultan's earache; title: At sea; title: Africa in chains; title: Preto Velho; title: Officer Hoppe; title: White-trash cocaine