La Chasse au Pinard
Julian Barnes: Drinking for France, 7 November 2024
A Thirst for Wine and War: The Intoxication of French Soldiers on the Western Front
by Adam D. Zientek.
McGill-Queen’s, 272 pp., £34, February,978 0 2280 1993 0 Show More
by Adam D. Zientek.
McGill-Queen’s, 272 pp., £34, February,
“... Awidely distributed temperance poster from 1902 produced by Dr Galtier-Boissière is headed ‘L’alcool, voilà l’ennemi.’ It shows two faces at the top. One is that of a spruce, healthily moustached young man in suit and tie, with a clear forehead and determined gaze. He is captioned ‘Avant l’alcoolisme ... ”
