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Author: Crowley, Aleister
Title: The Diary of a Drug Fiend
Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York
Pages: 368 pp.
Date: 1923
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Exoticism
Annotation:After experimenting with drugs, a young couple become addicted and involved in a utopian drug commune led by a mysterious master.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.




Author: Hergesheimer, Joseph
Title: Java Head
Publisher: Knopf, New York
Pages: 279 pp.
Date: 1919
Format: Novel
Descriptor: Exoticism; Opium
Annotation:The son of an old seafaring family brings home a Manchu wife from China whose oriental ways include opium-smoking. A study in social contrasts and the view of drugs in 19th century America, particularly Salem, Massachusetts.
Viewpoint towards drugs: negative.






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