The Absinthe Forger: A True Story of Deception, Betrayal, and the World's Most Dangerous Spirit

by Evan Rail

An astonishing true crime story about an eccentric grifter who blew up the lucrative black market for vintage bottles of the legendary drink of artistic renegades, absinthe . . .

Thought to be hallucinogenic and banned globally for a century, absinthe is once again legal and popular. Yet it is still associated with bohemian lifestyles, just as when it was the favorite drink of avant-gardists like Toulouse-Lautrec and Van Gogh and Baudelaire...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1685891543
• ISBN13: 9781685891541
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Melville House Publishing
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"