- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Picador (4 Nov 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0330306154
- ISBN-13: 978-0330306157
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 375,683 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A running tally of the folly of the 80's, the decade known for men of "huge brains, small necks, weak muscles and fat wallets.." - NYT Book Review
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‘Most smart people tend to feel queasy when the conversation turns to things like “certain death” and “total failure” and the idea of “a doomed generation”. But not me. I am comfortable with these themes.’ Hunter S. Thompson, celebrated author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, has been writing a weekly column for the San Francisco Examiner for the last two years. Those columns are collected here to offer a chronicle of the adventures of a Generation of Swine. The incomparable ‘Dr Gonzo’ has journeyed no small distance in search of intelligent life and reports back, instead, on the demented state of current events. He keeps tabs on the 1998 presidential race, quotes from the Bible (reference books in hotel rooms are supplied exclusively by the Gideons) and asks why the President appears to be a hundred and twenty-eight years old. ‘He is working from a dementia that no one in his right mind would want to share. It is the dementia, however, that makes Thompson great’ Playboy ‘His hallucinated vision strikes one as having been, after all, the sanest’ Nelson Algren
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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Yeah the Doc flew South and we'll miss him. This book highlights the events of the 80's. Iran-Contra, President Ronald, Oliver North and the corrupt and degenerate activities of the C.I.A. Dr Thompson brings his hillariously critical eye to these events and somehow makes them palatable because as always he was a voice that backed up what those out of the loop (i.e. everyone else) was thinking. He hated Bush Snr before any of us had the chance to hate Jnr. I think Generation of Swine is an excellent book. I found Better Than Sex and Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 a little too dull and craved the kind of humour and abandon of his Vegas trip. G.O.S delivers. Rest in Peace Doc - You were an original.
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just what you would expect, weird, off the wall and pushing the "freedom of the press" to the limit.Thompsons newspaper articles are funny and cutting even to the British reader who may not get the in jokes or know who exactly is being taken apart,or why.
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This is a man in the heart of bad times, his reputation in a New Right country makes him the Outlaw and you definately get the feel that he is no longer enjoying his work. The high water mark was long gone... yet this is still funny in a sad way, an aftermath way... its the 80s and Hunter is now an anochronism that just doesnt gel with wots going on around him and there is more fear and loathing than ever...
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