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Loading... Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80's (Gonzo…by Hunter S. ThompsonSeries: The Gonzo Papers (2)
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. typical humor of Thompson, but he's limited by length a lot (these are all articles for the progressive SF newspaper "The Examiner" and thus all about 3 pages long) so there is not a lot of depth to the content, and there's a bit of overlap to some of the articles too which makes some of the jokes fall flat when you've heard them two times already. But I did learn a lot about the politics of '86 and '87 that I didn't really know, and it reaffirmed by utter disdain for American democracy. (  ) phette23 | Oct 19, 2009 |  Wild and woolly and full of fleas, but, again, not his best stuff. Thompson called this 'political allegory.' Some of it seems just like drivel. . . . ( ) dekesolomon | Oct 11, 2009 |  kingyak | Nov 24, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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Generation of Swine, the second volume of the legendary Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling "Gonzo Papers," was first published in 1988 and is now back in print.
Here, against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade shows, Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best -- covering emblematic events such as the 1987-88 presidential campaign, with Vice President George Bush, Sr., fighting for his life against Republican competitors like Alexander Haig, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson; detailing the GOP's obsession with drugs and drug abuse; while at the same time capturing momentous social phenomena as they occurred, like the rise of cable, satellite TV, and CNN -- 24 hours of mainline news. Showcasing his inimitable talent for social and political analysis, Generation of Swine is vintage Thompson -- eerily prescient, incisive, and enduring.
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