A Night of Serious Drinking by Rene Daumal. 1979 Shambahala edition (c/r 1938), 122 pages. Surrealism, insane asylums, and, of course, alcohol by French poet, philosopher, scholar Daumal.

Condition: Good. Cover tanned and discolored at spine, worn, pages clean.

"When you are thirsty, you watch out for any opportunity to drink and merely pretend to take an interest in other things, which is why it is so difficult afterwards to convey exactly what you experienced."