The Last Opium Den

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Summary: the last word regarding opium dens
Review: It's always ammusing and exciting to me how Mr. Tosches can put into words thoughts about his subject matter that he so aptly describes in TLOD on pg 53 as such, "Anyway, as I said-or was it one of those other guys?-paradise has no words." If this is true then is it not silly to bend over backwards and play gymnastics of the written word in order to explain what I find to be so patently obvious, which is, simply put, The Last Opium Den is a great book, beautifully written? It's only fault may be that it is not very long, only 74 pages. The more I think about it though, the more I think that its brevity is just right considering the subject matter. Read on fellow book lovers. Read on. A must. Tosches has witten the last word regarding opium dens.

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Summary: A great little book
Review: One man's search for an authentic experience of connoisseurship in this world of overrated pleasures.
Tosches prose is as honest and as addictive as the blue smoke he describes chasing through Cambodia, Thailand and Indochine.
Evocative and ultimately profound.

Rating:
Summary: A great little book
Review: One man's search for an authentic experience of connoisseurship in this world of overrated pleasures.
Tosches prose is as honest and as addictive as the blue smoke he describes chasing through Cambodia, Thailand and Indochine.
Evocative and ultimately profound.