John Barleycorn - Jack London - Books - Independently Published - 9798718123470 - March 10, 2021
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John Barleycorn

I continued to talk. As I say, I was lighted up. In my brain every thought was at home. Every thought, in its little cell, crouched ready-dressed at the door, like prisoners at midnight waiting a jail-break. And every thought was a vision, bright-imaged, sharp-cut, unmistakable. My brain was illuminated by the clear, white light of alcohol. John Barleycorn was on a truth-telling rampage, giving away the choicest secrets on himself. And I was his spokesman. There moved the multitudes of memories of my past life, all orderly arranged like soldiers in some vast review. It was mine to pick and choose. I was a lord of thought, the master of my vocabulary and of the totality of my experience, unerringly capable of selecting my data and building my exposition. For so John Barleycorn tricks and lures, setting the maggots of intelligence gnawing, whispering his fatal intuitions of truth, flinging purple passages into the monotony of one's days.

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released March 10, 2021
ISBN13 9798718123470
Publishers Independently Published
Pages 136
Dimensions 140 × 216 × 8 mm   ·   181 g
Language English  

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