Songs of the Doomed

Zusatztext Tom Wolfe There are only two adjectives writers care about anymore..."brilliant" and "outrageous"...and Hunter Thompson has a freehold on both of them. Informationen zum Autor Hunter S. Thompson and Tim Heidecker Klappentext Between 1959 and 1990, Thompson wrote a series of dizzying and dazzling essays, here collected in "Songs of the Doomed." Brilliant, hilarious, defiant, the pieces chart the course of American politics and culture over four decades--from the soaring highs to the hideous lows--in signature style. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Tim Heidecker, Thompson, Hunter S. Thompson
• Publisher: Pocket Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2002
• EAN: 9780743240994
• ISBN: 978-0-7432-4099-4
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 215 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Politikwissenschaft, USA, 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Amerikanische Geschichte, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Politics / Current Events, Political structure & processes, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Political structure and processes, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)