Songs of the Doomed

First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in printby popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Laneand no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.With Thompson's trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson's freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades1950 to 1990Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell's Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the ';Dukakis problem,' and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust, trial documents, and Fourth Amendment battle with the Law. These talesoften sleazy, brutal, and crudeare only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called ';the most baffling human iceberg of our time.' Songs of the Doomed is vintage Thompsona brilliant, brazen, bawdy compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism from the past thirty years.