The Devil's Picnic: A Tour of Everything the Governments of the World Don't Want You to Try - Softcover
Never in history have we seemed to have such global freedom, such an opportunity to indulge our wildest tastes. We think we live in a time of unprecedented choice. But as Taras Grescoe discovers, this is just an illusion.
In this witty expose our intrepid author goes in search of the things that the rulers of the world will punish you for trying – all the time asking the question: why in ostensibly free states should we be criminalized for behaviour that concerns no one but ourselves? In a travelogue that takes in Swiss absinthe, Cuban cigars, Bolivian coca tea and stinking French cheese, Taras Grescoe drinks, smokes and eats his way to finding out.
Fun, philosophical, and unafraid of the big questions, this is a journey for free-thinkers, not the faint-hearted. As insightful and outraged as Fast Food Nation and as funny and astute as Dude, Where’s My Country , The Devil’s Picnic is a feast for anyone who has ever made a stand for personal liberty.
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'Grescoe is insightful about the prejudices and moral panics underlying the urge to prohibit.' -- The Financial Times
'Grescoe turns in a thoughtful treatise on the politics, economics and sociology of prohibition...' -- Sunday Tribune
'Grescoe’s table of delights offers not just exotic sensation but clear and provocative thinking.' -- Sunday Tribune
'If you dislike being treated like a teenager by governments that routinely defend the...indefensible, than you are certain to enjoy' -- The New Statesman
'Taras Gresco’s book is a perceptive, witty analysis of the enduring folly that is prohibition.' -- The New Statesman
'When he isn’t busy offending the locals, Grescoe’s book produces some interesting factoids' -- The Daily Telegraph:
'While not a gung-ho libertarian, he is a firm believer in personal choice over the strictures of the nanny state.' -- The Financial Times
Grescoe is insightful about the prejudices and moral panics underlying the urge to prohibit. -- Financial Times
witty and intriguing expose that’s part travelogue, part political analysis -- Geographical
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'Grescoe turns in a thoughtful treatise on the politics, economics and sociology of prohibition...' -- Sunday Tribune
'Grescoe’s table of delights offers not just exotic sensation but clear and provocative thinking.' -- Sunday Tribune
'If you dislike being treated like a teenager by governments that routinely defend the...indefensible, than you are certain to enjoy' -- The New Statesman
'Taras Gresco’s book is a perceptive, witty analysis of the enduring folly that is prohibition.' -- The New Statesman
'When he isn’t busy offending the locals, Grescoe’s book produces some interesting factoids' -- The Daily Telegraph:
'While not a gung-ho libertarian, he is a firm believer in personal choice over the strictures of the nanny state.' -- The Financial Times
Grescoe is insightful about the prejudices and moral panics underlying the urge to prohibit. -- Financial Times
witty and intriguing expose that’s part travelogue, part political analysis -- Geographical
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- PublisherMacmillan
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 1405045817
- ISBN 13 9781405045810
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages352
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