Coke
eBook - ePub

Coke

The Biography

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Coke

The Biography

About this book

That airy disclaimer, uttered by Tallulah Bankhead, has long been an article of faith for coke's legion of fans - and little has changed since cocaine's sensational debut in the Belle Epoque. Alternately glorified and demonised, hailed as a miraculous cure-all or blamed for society's failings, the White Lady has gone global. Today, she is the stimulant of choice for European partiers and stressed-out bankers alike - and everyone from producer to consumer is playing a high-stakes game. In Coke, Natalia Naish and Jeremy Scott recount the sweeping history of cocaine since its first appearance, charting the highs and lows from pre-history to the present day. With personality led stories of its more notorious users, including Sigmund Freud, Stevie Nicks, Kate Moss and Amy Winehouse, the tale is rich in anecdote, often tragic and sometimes hilarious. Neither moralistic nor condoning, Coke: The Biography is a thrilling popular history of a global phenomenon.

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Information

Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781849545174
eBook ISBN
9781849546171

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Epigraph
  4. CONTENTS
  5. INTRODUCTION
  6. 1: AND GOD CREATED COKE
  7. 2: WINTER SLEEP AND SPRING AWAKENING
  8. 3: MIAMI AND COLOMBIA
  9. 4: THE EIGHTIES: DAYS OF THUNDER
  10. 5: GLOBAL SPILL: PRODUCING AND SMUGGLING
  11. 6: COCAINE TODAY: NEW HORIZONS
  12. CONCLUSION
  13. A NOTE ON THE SOURCES
  14. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  15. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  16. PERMISSIONS AND PICTURE CREDITS
  17. Also available from The Robson Press
  18. Copyright