false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1223649449m/18865.jpg 18865 6 Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In <B>Better Than Sex</B>, Thompson hits the dusty trail again - without leaving home - yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received from candidate Clinton's top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man, beast, or Thompson. 1076197 1994 Better Than Sex (Gonzo Papers, Vol 4) total:1109|5:232|4:389|3:381|2:96|1:11| 1109 4062 1477 61 4 0 false false Wed Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 1994 Sun Jun 21 06:16:57 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 21 06:17:59 -0700 2009
Though he tried desperately to avoid it, Hunter S. Thompson in this book again casts himself into the pit of despair that is modern politics...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:42:22 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 11:48:15 -0700 2009 I don't know how I missed this book when it originally came out, and jus...more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 19:27:25 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 18:09:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 09 15:12:51 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 02 09:19:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 15:12:51 -0800 2009
Aptly sub-labeled "Confessions of a Political Junkie," Hunter delves into the political hysteria of the 1992 presidential race. He dives into the realms of personality and character beyond the generic banter of other re...more...]]> 0 1 false false Sun Jan 25 09:40:19 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 08 13:33:26 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 25 09:40:19 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 08:49:50 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 09:19:03 -0800 2009
HST makes a great point about outgoing political parties leaving their problems for the next president. I wonder if he would have thought that Bush Jr. left his...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jul 11 16:38:40 -0700 2008 Fri Jul 11 16:44:55 -0700 2008
This book, written in 1994, details (sort of) the 1992 presidential campaign, but really it serves as a larger meditation on campaign junkiedom and the looming political black hole on the horizon for the new millennium. He was...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Dec 06 11:23:47 -0800 2007 Thu Dec 06 11:27:48 -0800 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 16:00:19 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 04 16:02:35 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Sat Jun 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 03:01:11 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 03:03:16 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Jan 29 16:48:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 16:50:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Dec 10 06:24:36 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 10 06:26:26 -0800 2008 Devil, the story of the "92 (Clinton v. Bush) campaign, complete with
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