Description
Blending memoir with literary reportage, this candid work traces the author’s relationship with alcohol from early indulgence to the widening consequences that follow. Set against vivid California landscapes and everyday rituals, the narrative moves through elections, drinking bouts, and the uneasy aftermath—capturing how pleasure, habit, and self-deception can intertwine. With London’s sharp, unsentimental voice, the book explores themes of addiction, masculinity, social life, and the thin line between camaraderie and ruin. Part personal confession and part cultural portrait, it offers a gripping, unsparing look at what alcohol promises—and what it ultimately takes.
Available Editions
paperback
Oxford University Press, USA
Published Jan 1, 1998
288 pages
ISBN: 9780192837172
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Details
First Published
1913
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for John Barleycorn: Alcoholic Memoirs by Jack London.