Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream (Picador Books) |
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Hunter S. Thompson
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Pages: 320 (Paperback)
ISBN: 033032005X
Pub: Picador
Pub date: 1992-06-05
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 152175
Reader Reviews:
More notes on the death of the American Dream? (4/6 people found this helpful)
This compendium begins with an abortive short story that Thompson obviously couldn't be bothered to finish, or ran out of inspiration. That pretty much sets the tone for the whole book. Thompson seems to print anything he has lying about and gets away with it. Alot of this is regurgitated material - from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Curse of Lono - serously, there's alot of excerpts reprinted verbatim.
I remember being quite frustrated when I bought this. It would be best described as a Hunter S. Thompson Reader. But not half as good as The Great Shark Hunt (the 'high-water mark' of Thompson's journalism).
Isn't the cover photo great though?
The best of the three (9/10 people found this helpful)
If you can't decide between the three of these 'Gonzo Papers' volumes, then buy this one. It is the best without a doubt, stretching across five decades of Hunter's naughty behaviour. I loved it, hated it and it made me laugh.
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Books -> Subjects -> Poetry, Drama & Criticism -> Poetry -> By Period -> 19th Century
Books -> Subjects -> Fiction -> Authors, A-Z -> T -> Thompson, Hunter S.
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