Kretek. The Culture and Heritage of Indonesia’s Clove Cigarettes, Mark Hanusz

Abstract

“Carried on the warm breezes of a sultry tropic night, the scent of kretek – Indonesia’s indigenous clove cigarette – is the aromatic soul of a nation, the fragrant embodiment of all things Indo-nesian.” It certainly took a dedicated kretek smoker – in other words, a true addict – to research and write this book. It should probably take another to review it. In any event, the foreword’s author, novelist Pramoedya Ananta Toer, is definitely one. The smell of kretek is the smell of Indonesia. L...