title: An AZ of Hellraisers: A Comprehensive Compendium of Outrageous Insobriety
author:  Robert Sellers 
description: <div></div><P>"A&#160;welcome surprise . . . Like the rejuvenating martinis and blurry haze of cigarettes in <I>Mad Men</I>, Robert Sellers's nostalgic&#160;<I>Hellraisers</I> . . . amounts to an unapologetic celebration of the plastered and the damned in our sanctimonious Oprah age of public confession and easy redemption."&#160; &#8212;<I>Wall Street Journal</I> on <I>Hellraisers</I><br /><br /><div></div><P>"An incredibly entertaining series of anecdotes, interspersed with unpretentious and conversational interviews&#8212;all about drinking."&#160; &#8212;<I>Los Angeles&#160;Times</I> on <I>Hellraisers</I><br /><br /><div></div><div>"One hell of a ride."&#160; &#8212;<I>People Magazine</I> on <I>Hollywood Hellraisers</I></div>
zlib_text: "The most dangerous philosopher in the West." 
  New Republic 
  
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  First published by Verso 2010 
  C Slavoi 2iiek 2010 
  All rights reserved 
  The moral rights of the author have been asserted 
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  ISBN-13: 978-1-84467-598-2 
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  Contents 
  Introduction: "The Spiritual Wickedness in the Heavens" �
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  1 Denial: The Liberal Utopia �
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  Against the Tartar-Lovers —Legalists Versus Confucians —No Castes 
  Without Outcasts —Legal Luck, o