The RUM DIARY: A Novel

Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquireras "laugh-out-loud funny" and "a great and an unexpected joy," The Rum Diary"reveals a young Hunter S. Thompson brimming with talent." Based on Thompson's own experiences as a reporter in Puerto Rico for The Nation, the National Journal, and the San Juan Starin the late fifties and early sixties, The Rum Diaryis a tangled love story in a Caribbean boomtown. The narrator, Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule, and anything (including murder) is permissible. In his signature tongue-in-cheek style, Thompson presents a dazzling, comedic romp, a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as his popularFear and Loathingbooks.