Confessions of an English Opium-Eater (Vintage Classics),Thomas

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Confessions of an English OpiumEater\nby Thomas De Quincey\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 2\u20133 working days (dispatched today if ordered before 3pm).\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Thomas De Quincey\nTitle: Confessions of an English OpiumEater\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Autobiography: writers\nPublisher: Random House\nISBN-13: 9780099528593\nISBN-10: 0099528592\nRRP: \u00A313.99\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nWITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS\n\nOnce upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available over the chemist''s counter. The secret of happiness, about which philosophers have disputed for so many ages, could be bought for a penny, and carried in the waistcoat pocket: portable ecstasies could be corked up in a pint bottle. Par.