With a big tip of the hat to Chris Hale, I pass on this astonishing image of the author of The Stone Book Quartet. I guess he must have needed the money (and was clearly no whisky drinker if he liked it with ginger ale – but did he really? We'll never know).
I found Garner's endorsement even more improbable than this more famous one, featuring dear Kingsley and the long-suffering Elizabeth Jane Howard in their well appointed drawing room –
What a shame Philip Larkin never did an ad for Gordon's gin. 'Very Philip Larkin, very drunk'?
At first glance, "Emigrated to Canada Dry" makes it sound as if traveled on a US naval vessel, or a comparably teetotaling ship.
ReplyDeleteAh CC and Dry is an excellent tipple! Very popular here in NZ as it happens- rather more so than in Canada itself...
ReplyDeleteYes George – it was a very odd slogan...
ReplyDeleteKate – you've in NZ too long...I used to drink CC years ago, simply because it was cheaper than Scotch at the time. I can't imagine any other reason to drink the stuff. but chaqu'un a son...
In Brazil, I have curiosity in CC. But in Canadá i finally drink It. It was a linda of disapoint...
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