Holy smoke
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Author
Publication
1997 - Overlook Press, Woodstock, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
82,250 words, Guess
Page Count
329 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveholysmoke00cabr
- ISBN-100879517654
- ISBN-139780879517656
- Goodreads2419443
- LibraryThing64162
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- Library of Congress Control Number96049493
- OCLC Control Number35961449
- Better World Books9780879517656
- Open LibraryOL1009460M
Classifications
- DDC394.1/4
- LCCTS2260 .C33 1997
- LCCTS2260.C33 1997
Description
*Puro humo* es varios libros a la vez: una historia del tabaco que empieza con su descubrimiento por un marino de la nao capitana, Rodrigo de Jerez, es además una celebración del tabaco y del fumar esa hoja extraña —y una rapsodia en que intervienen el cigarrillo y la pipa—. Pero es más que nada una crónica erudita de la relación entre el puro y el cine. No es por gusto que en la portada aparezca Groucho Marx en su sofá a la espera de su musa —o de un analista—. En realidad Groucho solo quiere que alguien le dé fuego a su habano. Este libro lo hace por él, para convertir al puro en fuego y ceniza.
Description
"At once hilarious, informative and outrageous, this is a marvelously readable homage to the cigar. Sprinkled with a treasure trove of fascinating anecdotes taken from film, history, literature, science, art and folklore, Cabrera Infante lovingly unleashes a veritable arsenal of delicious details about cigars and those who smoke them. Groucho Marx, Sigmund Freud, Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde, Colette, Orson Welles, Marilyn Monroe, and Humphrey Bogart are among the supporting players making guest appearances in this star vehicle for the cigar." "This classic cigar chronicle also explores how cigars are made, the importance of the brand (and the band), why a cigarette is not a cigar, the history of tobacco itself, and the manners and mores of cigar smoking - including how to cut and how to smoke."--Jacket.
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