Generation Of Swine Tales Of Shame And Degradation In The 80s

From the bestselling author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas the legendary Hunter S. Thompson’s second volume of the “Gonzo Papers” is back. Generation of Swine collects hundreds of columns from the infamous journalist’s 1980s tenure at the San Francisco Examiner. Here against a backdrop of latenight tattoo sessions and soldieroffortune trade shows Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best—covering emblematic events such as the 198788 presidential campaign with Vice President George Bush Sr. fighting for his life against Republican competitors like Alexander Haig Pat Buchanan and Pat Robertson detailing the GOPs obsession with drugs and drug abuse while at the same time capturing momentous social phenomena as they occurred like the rise of cable satellite TV and CNN—24 hours of mainline news. Showcasing his inimitable talent for social and political analysis Generation of Swine is vintage Thompson—eerily prescient incisive and enduring.