Author: Jessica Thomas

Douglas R. J. Small, Cocaine, Literature, and Culture, 1876-1930 (London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2024), 264 pp. £85.00 Hb. Open Access PDF. ISBN: 9781350400092 Cocaine is a stimulant: simultaneously addictive and destructive, used recreationally it produces intense feelings of euphoria, energy, and joy, amplifying confidence and removing inhibitions. Often seen as a vice of the affluent, it…