Songs of the DoomedSimon and Schuster, 2002 - 384 strani 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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Let the Trials Begin | 3 |
Electricity | 13 |
Last Train from Camelot | 21 |
Tarred and Feathered at the Jersey Shore | 29 |
Prince Jellyfish | 35 |
Fleeing New York | 60 |
Letter to Angus Cameron | 67 |
The Puerto Rican Problem | 107 |
Confidential Memo to Colonel Vo Don Giang | 193 |
Letter to Russell Chatham | 204 |
Welcome to the 80s | 209 |
Tales of the Swine Family | 230 |
Letter to Ralph Steadman | 253 |
Letter to Ken Kesey | 261 |
Memo from the Sports Desk | 270 |
Secret Cables to Willie Hearst | 281 |
The Kennedy Assassination | 111 |
Walking with the King | 118 |
First Visit with Mescalito | 126 |
REAPING | 139 |
Never Apologize Never Explain | 147 |
Fear and Loathing | 153 |
Washington Politics | 159 |
HST | 166 |
Abandon All Hope Ye Who Enter Here | 174 |
Whooping It Up with the War Junkies | 182 |
Fear and Loathing in Sacramento | 289 |
Whiskey Business | 300 |
Community of Whores | 306 |
The Rise of the Fourth Reich | 314 |
Turbo Must Die | 318 |
Editors Note | 328 |
Beware | 335 |
Motion and Order to Dismiss the Case | 341 |
A Publication of the National | 352 |
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