The Devil's Cup : Coffee, the Driving Force in History

Allen, Stewart Lee

ISBN 10: 1841951439 / ISBN 13: 9781841951430

Published by Canongate Books Ltd, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Devil's Cup : Coffee, the Driving Force in History
• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1841951439
• ISBN 13: 9781841951430
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Can you handle mornings without a brew? No? Multiply that. Imagine an entire population under a cloud of lethargy, unable to kick start their days. Now introduce coffee. Bingo. The brain moves into over-drive and it's time for empire building.

So goes Stewart Lee Allen's crazy theory. Only thing is, after retracing coffee's journey to world domination - by train, rickshaw, cargo freighter and donkey - he has plenty of evidence to back it up.

Stewart Lee Allen has filtered out the richest beans from coffee's hot and frothy history . . . serving up a steamy, high-energy brew that will stimulate you more than a triple-strength espresso.

About the Author

Currently living in Brooklyn, Stewart Lee Allen has also called California, Kathmandu, Sydney, San Cristobel, Calcutta and San Francisco home. When not lounging about a café in a far-flung corner of the globe, he has worked as a grape-picker, theatrical director, bathroom attendant, grave-digger, punk musician, smuggler and, of course, a writer. He is the author of the award-winning fiction collection The Art of Rape as well as his acclaimed history of coffee, The Devil's Cup.