nabraxas Posted December 20, 2002 a very good review ov an interesting sounding book in this weeks New Scientist. "The Road of Excess: A history of writers on drugs"(by marcus boon, harvard uni press, $29:95, ISBN 0674009142) it's a long review, so i'll just copy the last paragraph to give you an idea "boon's observations speak as much to our scientific understanding of the brain as to our literary appreciation of writers like Henri Michaux, Charles Baudelaire, William Burroughs & Will Self. This alone makes boon's ironic & very perceptive book welcome: it is that rare creature, a work of literary criticism that the scientific community can enjoy, contend with, & from which it can draw inspiration." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
