Hunter's review
The Rum Diary: A Novel
by Hunter S. Thompson
this makes me wish i'd finished it. damn it.
Hi Juliana! Nice to meet you. If you want to delve into Thompson a bit more, a less obvious choice is The Great Shark Hunt. It's a collection of shorter reporting pieces (including the classic "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved).
i Love the kentucky derby is decadent and depraved. thanks, hunter.
Hunter's review
The Rum Diary: A Novel by Hunter S. Thompson
Hunter's review
rating:
bookshelves:
fiction,
gonzo,
journalism
recommended for: Lovers, Drinkers
** spoiler alert **
At times this is my favorite Hunter S. Thompson book. (At other times, it is Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72) It is largely autobiographical and there are flashes of gonzo, but perhaps the most surprising thing is the romance and tenderness with which the characters are drawn. The book's closing pages are sublime. I finished this book for the first time sitting on the hood of my car outside work while the sun was setting on a fall evening about seven years ago. It was one of the most simple, peaceful moments of my life.
"Voices rose and fell in the house next door and the raucous sound of a jukebox came from a bar down the street. Sounds of a San Juan night, drifting across the city through layers of humid air; sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks, the lonely sound of time passing in the long Caribbean night....more
"Voices rose and fell in the house next door and the raucous sound of a jukebox came from a bar down the street. Sounds of a San Juan night, drifting across the city through layers of humid air; sounds of life and movement, people getting ready and people giving up, the sound of hope and the sound of hanging on, and behind them all, the quiet, deadly ticking of a thousand hungry clocks, the lonely sound of time passing in the long Caribbean night....more
this makes me wish i'd finished it. damn it.
Hi Juliana! Nice to meet you. If you want to delve into Thompson a bit more, a less obvious choice is The Great Shark Hunt. It's a collection of shorter reporting pieces (including the classic "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved).
i Love the kentucky derby is decadent and depraved. thanks, hunter.