The Rum Diary : A Novel | Hunter S. Thompson

The Rum Diary : A Novel | Hunter S. Thompson | Unexpectedly Satisfying

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	The Rum Diary : A Novel Hunter S. Thompson Simon & Schuster, 1999 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 129 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Begun in 1959 by a then-twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, The Rum Diary is an outrageous, drunken romp in the spirit of Thompson's bestselling Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels.

Thompson Can't BE Beat!

If there is one thing you can count on with HT..it is that he us ALWAYS off the wall...and to say that he is entertaining would be an understatement!

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Unexpectedly Satisfying

The main character, Paul Kemp, is a journalist gets a job at a failing newspaper in San Juan Puerto Rico. He and his co-workers are mostly dysfunctional, abusive alcoholics, but most have some interesting charm or wit about them, and this is presented in a Thompson's typically entertaining style. In between the fights and drunken adventures is some deep commentary about getting older and the prospect of wasting one's life.

Even though Thompson was only 22 when this was written, this is a mature, thoughtful novel -- not at all what I expected.

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Great first book

Very enjoyable book on Hunter S Thompson's time in Puerto Rico. And interesting time capsule for the island, as it was undergoing a development boom, about to put it on the map as a tourist destination. Fun read!

GONZO

Great writing great story! It's a must read for Hunter S. Thompson fans. Also the new movie GONZO is a very good doc on the guy

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