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Since ancient times, the number of large men prone to alcoholic intake exceeds that of the sober. Carlos Janín has composed an original and complete illustrated dictionary where he gives an account of the close relationship that exists and has always existed between the use and abuse of alcohol and artistic creation, particularly literary creation. A relationship riddled with contradictions, since the ethyl appears as a source of joy, a festive engine and an exaltation of friendship, but also as an abyss of misfortune, a slide towards perdition and a death sentence. Perhaps, bringing the lamp closer, a certain distinction could be drawn, when it comes to using alcohol, between the works and their authors: the former may be more smiling and the latter more calamitous. Although this is not always the case, of course. In any case, read in moderation.