Best fictional hangovers
1. "[Jim] Dixon was alive again. Consciousness was upon him before he could get out of the way ... He lay sprawled, too wicked to move, spewed up like a broken spider-crab on the tarry shingle of the morning ... His mouth had been used as a latrine by some small creature of the night, and then as its mausoleum. During the night, too, he'd somehow been on a cross-country run and then been expertly beaten up by secret police. He felt bad." (Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis).
2. "11.45pm. Ugh. First day of New Year has been a day of horror. Cannot quite believe I am once again starting the year in a single bed in my parents' house. Having skulked at home all day, hoping hangover would clear, I eventually gave up and set off for the Turkey Curry Buffet far too late. When I got to the Alconburys'... I was still in a strange world of my own - nauseous, vile-headed, acidic ... I leaned against the ornament shelf for support." (Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding).
3. Marwood: "Oh God, I don't feel good. Look, my thumbs have gone weird! My heart's beating like a stuffed clock! I feel dreadful, I feel really dreadful." Withnail: "So do I, so does everybody. Look at my tongue; it's wearing a yellow sock." (Withnail and I by Bruce Robinson).
(Source: Read more at The Guardian)
