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Begun in 1959 by a then-twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, TheContinue
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bookpage published on Mon, 13 Sep 2010
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The Rum Diary: The Long Lost Novel By Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, revered by many as the voice of his generation, is on a roll. A book of his letters (The Proud Highway) was published last year to critical acclaim; a movie based on one of his earlier works, Fear and Loathing in ... (read full critics)
bookpage published on Sun, 12 Sep 2010
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Valentine said on Jan 14, 2012 | Add your feedback
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DustMoteVII said on Mar 23, 2010 | Add your feedback
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This early novel by Thompson, about an American newspaperman in Puerto Rico in the 1950s, is a long way from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, but shows flashes of the frenetic style that later defined Gonzo journalism. A curiosity for fans, and probably better than his last handful of non-fict ... (continue)
JM said on Jan 18, 2010 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 224 Pages
- Edition: 1st Scribner Paperback Fiction Ed
- ISBN-10: 0684856476
- ISBN-13: 9780684856476
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Pub date: Nov 01, 1999
- Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 65 mm Just how big is that?
- Also available as: Hardcover, Audio Cassette and eBook
- In other languages: other languages
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The Rum Diary: The Long Lost Novel By Hunter S. Thompson
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson, revered by many as the voice of his generation, is on a roll. A book of his letters (The Proud Highway) was published last year to critical acclaim; a movie based on one of his earlier works, Fear and Loathing in ... (read full critics)