Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Hunter S. Thompson - Kingdom of Fear

I have just finished reading Hunter S. Thompson's latest and final book "Kingdom of Fear" which according to him " I like this book and I especially like the title. Only a fool or a whore would call it anything else."

Obviously the good doctor was neither.

It is one of his more fun books and seems to ramble on but if you are a fan it is gold. Some of my favourite lines from it are:

"At the top of the mountain we are all snow leopards."

"The work of the Devil is never fully revealed until after midnight."

"Once you get a feeling for handling nitroglycerine fuses, you never lose it."

and he has titles for chapters like:

God might forgive you but I won't
What Marijuana?
Jesus Hated Bald Pussy
Song of the Sausage Creature
Fear and Loathing at the Taco Stand


All in all he was definitely a one off.

R.I.P good Doctor

No comments: