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Recommended Reading: The Rum Diary
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October 5th, 2011
Hunter S. Thompson’s
The Rum Diary
by Martina Helfferich
Hunter S. Thompson’s first novel, begun 1959, showcases Gonzo journalism in a way that is both endearing and mad. The energy and the maniacal tone characteristic of Thompson’s writing displays a character the Washington Post Book World has described as a “hard-drinking, hard-talking, hard-living man.” What sets this book apart from some of Thompson’s other work is its youthful nature coupled with Thompson’s extraordinarily familiar alcohol-laden world of chaos, fear, and risk. The exuberant nature of the book is a perfect simulation of a world that once was real: the life of a journalist in the 1950’s.
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