“It’s the funniest wine-book I’ve read in a long time. Not just laugh-aloud funny but snortingly, choke-on-your-cornflakes funny – up there with Kingsley Amis and Jay McInerney.”
Julian Barnes
“A very funny book to dip in and out of and would make the perfect present for the wine bore in your life”
The Independent, Drinks Books of the Year
"Read this book, but not on public transport. Achingly funny."
Joanna Simon
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CJ: So the rumours were true, then?
PK: Yes! A paperback edition of our André Simon award-winning book – and it’s out now!
CJ: Paperback, eh? So it’s cheaper than the hardback?
PK: Well, as I’m always saying, price isn’t everything. But yes, it is cheaper. The cover price is just £8.99. It’s selling for less than a decent bottle of wine!
CJ: I wouldn’t say that personally, but…
PK: What would you say personally?
CJ: All the goodness of the original Sediment hardback, refashioned into a handy yet glamorous paperback.
PK: I think you’ve said that already, in the new introduction.
CJ: Oh yes, it’s got a new introduction. And, bringing our motto to the fore, a new title.
PK: A bit like renaming Chateau Bahans Haut-Brion as Le Clarence de Haut-Brion?
CJ: You tell me.
PK: But it’s what’s inside that’s important. It’s had the time to mature, like a good claret. I knew it would benefit from laying down for a bit. Like its authors. It’s clearly one of my kind of things.
CJ: Well, I’d say it was one of mine, actually. It’s more mass-market, it’s easier to handle, and it’s cheaper. You can afford to enjoy it all by yourself.
PK: Or give it as a gift! It’s a much better gift than the bottle of wine you could get at that price!
CJ: If you say so…
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AVAILABLE HERE AND NOW! I've Bought It, So I'll Drink It: The joys (or not) of drinking wine, by CJ and PK, £8.99 (Metro)
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