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Paul Kemp has moved from New York to the steamy heat of Puerto Rico to work at the Daily News. He starts hanging out at Al's Backyard, a local den selling booze and hamburgers to vagrant journalists who are mostly crazy drunks on the verge of quitting. Then he meets Yeamon, whose delectable girlfriend has Kemp stewing in his own lust. But the idle tension that builds up in places where men sweat twenty-four hours a day is reaching a violent breaking point.

The Rum Diary 2011, Simon & Schuster, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9781451659719

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The Rum Diary

2011, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9781451659719

Rum Diary

2011, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9781408814673

The Rum Diary

2011, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9781442346451

The Rum Diary

2006, Audiobook CD

ISBN-13:

9780786173754

The Rum Diary

2006, MP3 format

ISBN-13:

9780786177509

The Rum Diary

2006, Audiobook cassette

ISBN-13:

9780786144358

The Rum Diary

2004, Paperback

ISBN-13:

9780747574576

The Rum Diary

1999, Trade paperback

ISBN-13:

9780684856476

The Rum Diary

1999, Mass-market paperback

ISBN-13:

9780747542940

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courtneyinatlanta

Aug 26, 2010

Journalism, the way only Hunter could write it

Everyone who has ever thought of being a journalist must read some Hunter Thompson. I can't say his experiences as a reporter mirror mine in any way, but I can definitely see where he got his inspiration. The man was one of the finest and most unique literary journalists who has ever lived, and The Rum Diary is a short but poignant work. Keep in mind he wrote this when he was only 22.

RyaPapaya

Apr 3, 2007

Finding the Long Lost Novel

This book was such a delightful surprise! I have long been a fan of H.S.T.'s more main stream titles, most notably the works of Fear and Loathing, but this prolific little novel is something else entirely. Though it is is certainly marked by the usual savagery of Thompson's view of the world, there is a different element of hope and beauty that has a much harder time shining through in his later pieces.
Set in the florid background of Costa Rica, the story tells of vagrant journalists and their survival skills, primarily heavy and consistent drinking. This book is certainly not for everyone, keep the kids away until they can handle graphic material, and keep yourself away if you are a big fan of propriety and order. To the rest of you, I readily and wholeheartedly recomend this incredibly cheap vacation of hot, sweaty madness.

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