The Rum Diary

The Rum Diary

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An early novel by Hunter S. Thompson, written in the 1960s but published much later, it tells the story of a freelance journalist working for a newspaper in Puerto Rico during the 1950s.

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Rum Diary was spectacular, you know? It was like really descriptive and punchy and interesting

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Puerto Rico
Journalism
Hunter S. Thompson
1950s

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"The book is cited by the speakers as being 'spectacular,' 'descriptive,' and 'punchy,' serving as another example of Thompson's evolution as a writer."

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