A-Z of Hellraisers - A Comprehensive Compendium of Outrageous Insobriety (Sellers Robert)(Paperback)

A quirky and anecdote-driven A-Z compendium celebrating the most outrageous, depraved, tortured, and eccentric hellraisers the world has ever seen, from Wild Bill Hickok to Ozzy, Francis Bacon to Belushi, Dean Martin to Courtney Love The miscreant mob in this whopper of a book--the last word on inebriated misbehavior--constitute the most amazing grouping to see in print: from Alexander the Great, whose drunken revelries once ended with the destruction of an entire city; to W. C. Fields, who passed critical judgement on a brass band by urinating over them from a hotel balcony; Dylan Thomas, who drove a sports car onto Charlie Chaplin's private tennis court; to Led Zeppelin drummer John Bonham, suffocating on his own vomit after consuming 40 measures of vodka--what a night out that was This hilarious volume makes for an ideal bedside companion or pub companion, as it scrutinizes
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