Absinthe

The new novel by the award-winning Christophe Bataille is a story of obsession. Jean Mardet's unique passion--absinthe--possessed him long ago in the cellars of a snowbound fortress in France. Over the years he became a master distiller, abandoning his wife and children, traveling the world, but eventually returning to Provence, where he magically distilled gentian and wormwood in the seclusion of the hills.

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1st Ed in English

Evanston