Black Opium: Ecstasy of the Forbidden
Claude Farrere, Pierre Louÿs, Michael Horowitz, Samuel Putnam, Alexander King
Fueled by a boom in supply and a decline in cost, heroin use is up around the nation and spreading to segments of the population once considered unlikely users. “ Cool people are doing it! ” Remember the old slogan: “Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll”? Heroin has a sexy side—very sexy. Black Opium: Ecstasy of the Forbidden brings heroin’s sexy visions to life.
The world of black opium is a forbidden world where human bodies find themselves possessed and driven by desires which consume them in the flames of hot-blooded ecstasy, Black Opium describes every aspect of an opium smoker’s life in lurid detail.
Often compared to James Joyces' Dubliners , Farrère’s Black Opium consists of seventeen compelling tales delineating six periods in the history and use of opium. This edition of Black Opium is a reissue of And/Or Press’ 1974 Fitz Hugh Ludlow edition, which features salacious illustrations by Alexander King, and the addition of a foreword by Dr. Moraes.