A Margarita Memoir
The BEST book you will read this year!
Tijuana, 1938
It’s the height of summer, and the busy cantina on the edge of town is alive with bright colours, hot-blooded music and steamy passion. When a young, local barman named Carlos decides to impress the American showgirl smiling seductively at him from the end of the bar, he couldn’t know his actions would lead to the birth of one of the world’s most tantalising controversies, lasting more than eighty years.
Throw in a 1940s movie star, English comic genius Eddie Izzard, a cocky French Queen’s left breast, the Coconut song by Harry Nilsson, a bloke named Robbo and a sheila named Madge, 70s singing legend (and occasional actor) Jimmy Buffett, and a princess or two, and you have a book not quite like any other book.
Take a whacky and whimsical journey into the sensual, feverish and sightly cheeky history of the famous Margarita cocktail. Discover off-beat stories, rumours and folklore surrounding this sweet, sour and salty drink – and enjoy some new Margarita cocktail combinations too.
More than a coffee table book, not actually a novel, A Margarita Memoir is a playful, unconventional treat for anyone with a curiosity for Margarita-related trivia, titbits (literally ) and cocktail recipes.
