alcohol
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While reading Down and Out in Paris and London, I reached the description of the plongeurs’ pub party in Chapter XVII. The scene immediately reminded me of Hrabal’s work: a gathering of picturesque figures in a dirty, underground bistro at…
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This isn’t a New Year’s resolution, nor is it just another snobbish dry February. It’s the climax of a much longer process. I quit drinking. Thinking back, I realize it probably started almost a quarter of a century ago. Back…