The RUM DIARY, Hunter S. Thompson
The RUM DIARY, Hunter S. Thompson
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The RUM DIARY

Author: Hunter S. Thompson

Narrator: Christopher Lane

Unabridged: 6 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/25/2011


Synopsis

**National Bestseller
**New York Times Notable Book

“Nobody tells you that reading Hunter S. Thompson novels as a young adult male while serving in the military is a potentially very bad idea. Some things you simply must absorb and learn on your own.” —Sturgill Simpson

Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary—a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book—is Hunter S. Thompson’s brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent lust in the Caribbean.

Begun in 1959 by a 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. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule, and anything (including murder) is permissible. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson’s Fear and Loathing books.

About Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, Screwjack, Kingdom of Fear, The Great Shark Hunt, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone, Hell's Angels, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He died in February 2005.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on January 06, 2016

This book was brutally normal. It went along nice and regular for a while and then something happens and you are sort of left to wonder how you should feel about it. Hunter S. Thompson is cool and collected in his thoughts and it really feels genuine. John Zelazny is another emerging Aspen writer an......more

Goodreads review by Always on August 15, 2022

I actually really enjoyed reading this. It was well written and engaging. I can see why people might have disliked it, but the things people disliked about it worked for me here for some reason. It's funny because the things I liked about this book didn't seem to appeal to me when I read On The Road......more

Goodreads review by Georgia on July 21, 2023

How does anyone make drinking this boring? My neighbor's German shepherd could tell one better about sampling homemade dandelion wine. At least it didn't cost me much. Not much to buy and not much of my time. It's a quick read because it's easy and light. Problem is I like to chew. Give me real brea......more

Goodreads review by F on June 10, 2019

LOVED IT - Much preferred this the 2nd time around. Loved him referring to the other woman as his pig date all the time! So funny.......more

Goodreads review by Kaya on March 27, 2022

It isn't very good. The writing style isn't compelling, there is no plot and no hint of the future nor of the direction of the book. This is the kind of novel that you either adore or feel indifferent about. It's definitely NOT my cup of tea. There's no deep characterization nor natural growth of th......more