As far as I know, there's no equivalent compendium of writing about pubs. In English literature, the novels of Patrick Hamilton are most connected to pubs, closely followed by those of Charles Dickens, George Orwell and Graham Greene. In German, Hermann Hesse and Franz Kafka describe with evident relish the taverns and beer gardens of their youth.
It seems to me that publishers are missing a trick here. I'd buy such a book, as would I'm sure lots of other people.
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