- Paperback: 355 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 10th edition (1 Dec 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743240995
- ISBN-13: 978-0743240994
- Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 15.4 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,518,896 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Washington Post Book World""Songs of the Doomed" allows us to track Thompson's evolution as a writer, and hence the evolution of the form he played such a major role in creating.
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First published in 1990, "Songs of the Doomed" is back in print -- by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane -- and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.
With Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, "Songs of the Doomed" charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades -- 1950 to 1990 -- Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the "Dukakis problem," and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust, trial documents, and Fourth Amendment battle with the Law. These tales -- often sleazy, brutal, and crude -- are only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called "the most baffling human iceberg of our time."
"Songs of the Doomed" is vintage Thompson -- a brilliant, brazen, bawdy compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism from the past thirty years.
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When I got out of the Air Force I got a job in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, which for some queer reason as an innocent child I believed was on the Jersey shore somewhere. Read the first page
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When I got out of the Air Force I got a job in Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania, which for some queer reason as an innocent child I believed was on the Jersey shore somewhere. Read the first page
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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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An edited highlights of one of the greatest writers ever to put typewriter to page.
If you were wondering what he'd been up to for the last 25 years this is the place to catch up.
Wit, chaos and intrigue as the Doctor guides you through the 80s and 90s.
If you were wondering what he'd been up to for the last 25 years this is the place to catch up.
Wit, chaos and intrigue as the Doctor guides you through the 80s and 90s.
Format:Paperback
Once again HST over achieves and surprises, his sense of shock that the "American Dream" proves more elusive than ever, deserves close attention. Please challenge this point of view.
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