Vodka diplomacy from Mao Zedong to Richard Nixon, as practiced by a Swedish Forest Gump, a tale held together by a continuous twinkle, to wit:

The part of the story Benny found hardest to stomach was that a person had been put to death and subsequently packed for export.

Lord, what fools we mortals be! And Allan isn’t necessarily wrong about the vodka. A fun read.

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