The Rum Diary
by Hunter S. Thompson · first published 1998
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The Rum Diary by Hunter Thompson was also absorbing.
on “John McAfee found dead in Spanish jail after court approves extradition to US” ↗…movies. First time I watched F & L I turned it off. Eventually I read the book which is fantastic. I did go back and watch the movie then and liked it more but the book is much, much better. As for The Rum Diary I'd suggest the book first because there are a few major character changes between it and the movie and it was harder to follow the book after seeing the movie. Unlike F & L the movie for Rum Diary is…
on “Hunter S. Thompson on Finding Your Purpose (1958)” ↗…Blowin Smoke especially. There's some social psychology research on "sense of place" that covers how drawn people are to staying in the place where they grew up, which makes it hard for some to leave. The Rum Diary (the novel, can't vouch for the film) is kind of a meditation on this too, though about Puerto Rico instead of the rural midwest.
on “The Worst Internet in America” ↗…The Sun Also Rises, about expatriates living in Paris. Hunter decided to apply to a Canadian newspaper after admittingly not being familiar with it. Then not long after he wrote his first novel - The Rum Diary - which was heavily inspired by Hemingway's first, about expatriates living in Puerto Rico.
on “Hunter S. Thompson's brutally honest Canadian job request” ↗