The Cup of Fury
Preachy; but I found it an interesting account of the author's...
"If Only I had never touched it"This remorseful lament is heard over and over again, as broken-hearted men and women discover themselves chained to the drinking habit.Her are the intimate, tragic stories of richly talented people whose "moderate drinking" became uncontrollable, destroying themselves and causing untold grief to others - people like Jack London. O. Henry, Sinclair Lewis, Edna St Vincent Milley, Dylan Thomas and many others.THE CUP OF FURY is a glaring red light of warning to the people of this natio. Impelled by startling facts and statistics about liquor - the extent of it's damage and the cost of it's depredation - Upton Sinclair has acted on the call of his conscience. And...
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Published in 1956, The Cup of Fury reads like a response to an age where alcohol was pervasive. The book does a wonderful job of tearing down the glamor of drinking and telling us how alcohol destroyed the lives of multiple famous people. I knew about the decline of many of the people discussed, but not the detailed stories. As one... fascinating for personal history--preachy but interesting, fast read. Preachy; but I found it an interesting account of the author's alcoholic father.
