{"product_id":"9789385755927","title":"House Spirit: Drinking in India-Stories, Essays, Poems","description":"In this one-of-a-kind anthology, Indrajit Hazra introduces you to booze jabberwocky in an essay brimming over with linguistic playfulness;\u003cbr\u003eSidharth Bhatia writes about drinking in Hindi cinema-from 'permit rooms' and Prem Chopra's close relationship with Vat 69, to Honey\u003cbr\u003eSingh and Deepika Padukone's Cocktail, while Sandip Roy mulls over\u003cbr\u003eIndia's enduring obsession with whisky-has anything changed?\u003cbr\u003eGautam Bhatia's haunting story about a father's hidden alcoholism and Vijay Nambisan's painfully honest account about being in rehab take one to the darker sides of drinking; while in a lighter vein, Jairaj\u003cbr\u003eSingh talks about drinking in 4S, the legendary bar in Delhi's 'Def\u003cbr\u003eCol', Kanika Gahlaut is in confessional mode about her drinking days,\u003cbr\u003eand Manohar Shetty writes about quitting feni. Palash Mehrotra says\u003cbr\u003e'eff off, single malt snobs' as he takes you on a tour of cheap whisky brands, and Soumya Bhattacharya tells you all about drinking in\u003cbr\u003eProhibition Gujarat. Hang out in the country liquor bars of Colaba with poet Adil Jussawalla, drink at a Bangalore highway bar with Zac\u003cbr\u003eO'Yeah, or attend a party with the teetotalling Amit Chaudhuri. All this and more in a collection of thirty-one essays, stories and poems that you will savour to the last drop.","brand":"Speaking Tiger Publishing Pvt Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47184781705456,"sku":"9789385755927","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9789385755927_p0.jpg?v=1763676501","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9789385755927","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}