The Wet And The Dry A Drinker's Journey

"Transcends mere travelogue: leached out, amused, slightly weary.The result is one of those 'but' books that insert an awkward little wedge into the Western media's otherwise monolithic and cliched view of Islam." -- James Hamilton-Paterson "Captivating. His stylish and engaging writing is well suited to the fearlessly honest accounts of his heavy drinking - sometimes rhapsodic, sometimes tinged with self-loathing.an entertaining romp through half the bars of the Middle East and southern Asia, laced with history, anecdote and commandments from a putative drinker's manifesto" -- Barney Thompson Financial Times "His travels and his erudite understanding of drink make a good read" -- Douglas Osler Scotsman "Funny and provocative" -- Scott Bradfield Times Literary Supplement