Length35m
About this audiobook
For generations now, it has been possible to separate cigar-lovers into two major categories: those who prefer Havanas, and those who don't. It is a difference that can be as crucial to those involved as, say, the difference between full-bodied red wine and sweet white. Certainly, to anyone who enjoys proper tobacco, lighting up a Havana cigar is the first step towards utter hedonism. With wit and skill, Philippe Mesmer makes a forthrightly chauvinistic comparison between the attractions of women, of spiritous liquors and of the Havana cigar. Plentiful illustrations include old and rare scenic cigar-bands, some with images of the island of Cuba. You might well say that this is a book seeking to find the path to those forms of Paradise that last no longer than an excellent cigar.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory
Length35 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 27, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
8Making the cut
2Introduction
9A touch of flame
3Beauty in the eye of the beholder
10A matter of taste: Going solo
4Pleasure for the eyes
11Combined tastes
5The Scent of Legends
12Epilogue
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6The deft touch
13The Art of Cigar Bands
7Tactile pleasures
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