Book reviews 2016 – not quite philosophy
Friday 6 January 2017
For links to all of Tam's reviews of wine books published in 2016, see this guide.
Corkscrew
The Highly Improbable, but Occasionally True, Tale of a Professional Wine Buyer
Peter Stafford-Bow
I_Am Self-Publishing
£9.99
It begins with a page headed Trigger Warning: 'Contains content some may find offensive, including but not limited to: the consumption of alcohol significantly in excess of government guidelines; reference to sexual activity (both conventional and non-conventional); the casual use of and befuddlement by illegal drugs; disrespect to personnel involved in law enforcement; blasphemy; words of a sexual and potentially deviant nature; contempt for all...
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