Songs of the Doomed
First edition
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| Author | Hunter S. Thompson |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | The Gonzo Papers |
| Subject | Politics, Journalism |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
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Publication date
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October 1990 |
| Pages | 320 |
| ISBN | |
| OCLC | 24246483 |
| 973.92 20 | |
| LC Class | E839.5 .T47 1991 |
| Preceded by | Generation of Swine |
| Followed by | Better Than Sex |
Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream is a book by the American writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, originally published in 1990. This third installment of The Gonzo Papers is a chronologically arranged selection of stories, letters, journals and reporting, allowing readers to see how Thompson's brand of "new journalism," also termed Gonzo journalism, has evolved over the years. It is a collection of Dr. Thompson's essays and articles. This collection is mostly made up of pieces from the Reagan era, but there are also some older stories, including excerpts from his unfinished first novel, "Prince Jellyfish", which is still unpublished, and The Rum Diary, which was not published on its own until 1998.
To David McCumber and Rosalie Sorrells:
"When the going gets weird,
the weird turn pro"
-HST
The first edition carries a dedication to his editorial assistant during the writing of the book:
Because Songs of the Doomed is a collection of essays, short stories, and hard-to-find newspaper articles written by Thompson during his extensive career, the book is separated into five distinct sections, each named after a decade the writer himself survived: The Fifties: Last Rumble in Fat City, The Sixties: What the Hell? It's Only Rock and Roll..., The Seventies: Reaping the Whirlwind, Riding the Tiger, The Eighties: How Much Money Do You Have?, and Welcome to the Nineties: Welcome to Jail, respectively.
Having the essays, stories, and articles included in the book in order by decade allows readers to take an unlikely look into how the author's style (and personal habits) changed over the course of his career. Of course, it also allows us to look more deeply into the political, cultural and social atmosphere of each time period, all through the eyes of one ever-changing man.
Author's Note
Let the Trials Begin / Electricity / Last Train from Camelot / Note from Ralph Steadman
The Fifties: Last Rumble in Fat City
Tarred and Feathered at the Jersey Shore / Saturday Night at the Riviera / Prince Jellyfish / Fleeing New York
The Sixties: What the Hell? It's Only Rock and Roll...
Letter to Angus Cameron / The Rum Diary / Revisited: The Puerto Rican Problem / The Kennedy Assassination / Back to the U.S.A. / Hell's Angels: Long Nights, Ugly Days, Orgy of the Doomed / Midnight on the Coast Highway / Ken Kesey: Walking with the Kind / LSD-25: Res Ipsa Loquitor / Chicago 1968: Death to the Weird / First Visit with Mescalito
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