false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169437864m/40693.jpg 40693 2 <div>Nick Tosches trades civilization and its discontents for the possibility of one moment of pure bliss. <br><br>Driven by romantic, spiritual, and medicinal imperatives, Nick Tosches goes in search of something everyone tells him no longer exists: an opium den. From Europe to Hong Kong to Thailand to Cambodia, he hunts the Big Smoke, bewildered by its elusiveness and, despite the meaning it continues to evoke as a cultural touchstone, its alleged extinction. Weaving his spiritual and hallucinogenic quests together with inimitable, razor-sharp prose, Tosches's trip becomes a deeper meditation on what true fulfillment is and why no one bothers to look for it any more.<br></div> 40261 2001 The Last Opium Den total:81|5:27|4:31|3:17|2:5|1:1| 81 321 112 13 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 09:09:54 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 09:10:13 -0700 2008 The Last Opium Den was first published as a simple m...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Fri Dec 28 00:53:53 -0800 2007 Mon Jan 14 07:26:02 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:37:55 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 15:41:51 -0700 2009
Originally published as a Vanity Fair article, this is a story of Tosches' life long pursuit to smoke opium in a real opium den. He describes his travels and experiences in a way that makes you wish you were there.

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