"Shroom is a work of love, an
obsessive, detailed and definitive reference work,
addictive for its insights, broad in its ambition"
The Daily
Telegraph
"a meticulously researched history...Letcher is both
historian and hippie, and he sees so much in mushrooms to
examine, question and celebrate that it becomes a thrilling
trip that is both erudite and greatly entertaining. Mind
bending stuff" The Scotsman on
Sunday
"an extraordinary account...with its easy style and witty
handling of scientific analysis, it makes a fascinating and
satisfying read" The Observer
"an intelligent and well-researched book...full of
surprises" The Guardian
"intensely enjoyable"
The First
Post
"elegant and
authoritative" The Independent on Sunday
"a superb cultural history of the magic
mushroom ... an immensely entertaining and exhaustively
researched work, remarkably level-headed bearing in mind
the subject matter, and with much wry humour" Western Daily Press
"A timely, much needed work, Shroom will surely intoxicate
trippers past, present and future. Liberty Caps off then to
Andy Letcher for steering such a wise path through this
garden of earthly delights" Strange Attractor
"Andy
Letcher's 'Shroom: A Cultural History of the Magic
Mushroom' could stand as a fair proxy for a cultural
history of the 20th century. The book does not set out to
be more than its subtitle declares, but Letcher's
scholarship and critical sensitivity is such that Shroom
has relevance beyond its domain of immediate
interest" George Roberts