About this title: In this second volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers, the legendary writer and raconteur unloads both barrels squarely between the eyes of the "me" generation of the 1980s, attacking stupidity and weakness in all their guises.
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Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722373ISBN:0679722378
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight, pages clean/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners and spine creased/ readers slant/ several pages and page tips creased. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722373ISBN:0679722378
Description: Good. Reliable paperback edition. Some shelf wear to the covers. The front cover has some edge wear and corner fold. Slight tanning to the page edge. A few pages below the cover has the corners folded The text flows clearly from beginning to end. Still a good read. Economically priced for your needs. read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722373ISBN:0679722378
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. 313 pp.; 21 cm. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning. Stated "First Vintage Books Edition, July 1989. " "A running tally of the folly of the 80's, the decade known for men of 'huge brains, small necks, weak muscles and fat wallets. '"-NYT Book Review. read more
Description: Summit Books, 1988. 304 pages. Book Club edition. Trade paperback. Very Good+. Bright, tight and clean; no names, marks or spine creasing. ISBN: 0679722378 Thompson at his apocalyptic best, a running tally of the follies of the '80s. Journeys by plane, ship, and borrowed car, to outposts of civilization to find intelligent life and reports back on the demented state of current events and the Death of the American Dream. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1989-07-17
ISBN-13:9780679722373ISBN:0679722378
Description: Good. Name inside cover. Cover shows some wear or creases. Pages yellowed/tanned. No highlighting or underlining. You're gonna love this book! read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780679722373ISBN:0679722378
Description: New/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall 0679722378 1989----New Condition-----No Reminder Marks----Trade Paperback---No Dust Jacket-----No stickers or residue on cover----keywords: THOMPSON HUNTER 1937 UNITED STATES-----This book is one of many new books that were bought from a bookstore closing, all of these books are in New condition, and they could have only very minor faults other then the fore stated discrepancies--Never was previously owned or read by any individual. ----Clean & Smoke Free- ... read more
"I believe Wayne brought this up to the Michigan cottage during one of his visits the summer my brother Fin was living there. In any case, that's where I found and read the thing. "The thing" is a collection of satirical pieces, most of them political, some more cultural, by the author of Fear and Loathing in... Most amusing to me was his straight-faced description of Richard M. Nixon's Vietnamese houseboat mistress."
"A great book if you like Hunter S. Thompson, really forward and dark, funny and weird! Worth reading this book just for the letter to Ralph Stedman about how Ralph should send his unruly son to Hunter for him to sort out by working with sheep and observations about shoes. Totally psycho and a whole lot of fun."
"In "A Generation of Swine" Hunter S. Thompson turns his sharp and angry wit upon the 1980s, particularly the Regan administration,, through the rise of "Greed is Good" economics and the Iran-Contra scandal, up until the Iran-Iraq War.
It is, beyond a doubt, an excellent book. It's not as sharp as volume 1 of the Gonzo papers, but Volume 1 had some of his most famous stuff (that wasn't written explicitly for other books) in there - his article about racial tensions in California and his meeting with Oscar Acosta, covering the Kentucky Derby with Ralph Steadman, etc.
Nonetheless, this is excellent work from Hunter, and I whole heartedly recommend it."
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