The Neutral Spirit: a Portrait of Alcohol
by Roueche, Berton
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Seller
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Summerville, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston, Toronto: Little, Brown and Company. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1960. Fourth Printing. Hardcover. A Fine first Printing of the First Edition in a barely scuffed alike dust-jacket; The Neutral Spirit tells the story of one man's battle with alcoholism and its devastating effects on his family and friends. Berton Roueche deftly weaves together the strands of his protagonist's life, from his difficult childhood in a small town in Quebec to his troubled adulthood as an artist, writer, and musician. Roueche's sensitive and compassionate portrayal of alcoholism as a personal illness is both wrenching and enlightening.; 8vo; 151 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Books Tell You Why, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55702
- Title
- The Neutral Spirit: a Portrait of Alcohol
- Author
- Roueche, Berton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Printing
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston, Toronto
- Date Published
- 1960
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