October 15, 1999; January 26, 2001
 
 

Martini, Straight Up: What Is It?

  • Martini, Straight Up:The Classic American Cocktail, Baltimore, MD, The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.  ISBN 0-8018-5971-9.  Cited on this web page as M,SU.

It is the revised, second edition of

  • The Silver Bullet: The Martini in American Civilization, Contributions in American Studies 52, Westport, CT, Greenwood Press, 1981.

Reviews and articles:

Justin Warshaw, TLS, Apr. 2, 1999, p. 33.  Cf. Review of M,SUin TLS
William Grimes, New York Times, Dec. 12, 1998, p. F7.
Vicki Hsueh, Lingua Franca, Dec.-Jan. 1999, pp. 17-18.

Italian translation:

  • Ed è subito Martini.  Trans. by Guido Largomarsino.  With a preface by Umberto Eco. Milan: Rosellina Archinto Editore, 2000.

Reviews and articles:

Sandro Viola, La Repubblica, Jan. 3, 2001, p. 40.
Riccardo Bozzi, Corriere della Sera, Jan. 7, 2001, p. ?.
Igor Man, La Stampa, Jan. 13, 2001, p. 13.

 

 

 

 

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