Generation of Swine, Hunter S. Thompson
Generation of Swine, Hunter S. Thompson
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Generation of Swine
Tales of Shame and Degradation in the ’80s

Author: Hunter S. Thompson

Narrator: Scott Sowers

Unabridged: 12 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 09/13/2013

Synopsis

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 late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade shows, Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best?covering emblematic events such as the 1987-88 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 GOP's 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.

About Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson was a groundbreaking American journalist and author whose fearless, first-person style forever changed modern nonfiction. As the creator of Gonzo journalism, Thompson blurred the line between reporter and participant, injecting his work with raw subjectivity, dark humor, and biting political and cultural commentary. His writing captured the chaos, excess, and contradictions of American life in the late twentieth century with unmatched intensity.

Thompson is best known for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, a countercultural classic that chronicled a hallucinatory journey through the American Dream, as well as Hell's Angels, an immersive account of life inside the notorious motorcycle club. His political reporting, much of it collected in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, remains influential for its sharp insight and unapologetic voice.

Renowned for his electrifying prose and uncompromising perspective, Hunter S. Thompson's work continues to resonate with readers and audiobook listeners seeking bold, provocative nonfiction. His legacy endures as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in American literature and journalism.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ross on February 20, 2008

The fascinating thing about reading Hunter's essays is all the lost episodes of history and the realization that over time events that are so important for a single moment vanish. This collection focuses mainly on 1984 through 1988 and the fall of Reganism. At the beginning of 1987 Regan was a lame d......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 01, 2015

A long overdue re-read that was just as entertaining as the first time around, I started Generation of Swine on my birthday as a little treat to myself. The time between then and now has been heavily slanted towards work, but the format of the book - articles written for the San Francisco Examiner b......more

Goodreads review by Matt on April 03, 2022

My second favorite of the Gonzo Papers (his collections of journalist columns for newspapers, magazines etc.). A great place to start for anyone new to HST. It's easier to digest than Las Vegas or the campaign trail as every story is short and cuts right to the good stuff. Something fun I do with th......more

Goodreads review by Arthur on March 27, 2020

IRANNN-CONTRAAA-AAAAAARRG!!!......more

Goodreads review by Bill on December 26, 2014

The best thing about this book for me, besides reading HST for the first time, was that it covered the 80's. The 80's were a time in which I was conscious of the goings on about me- but with little knowledge about how the world actually worked. I remember Ollie North before the Iran Contra panel on......more

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