Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, (Paperback)

from Stahl-Ricco

Kingdom of Fear - "It would be easy to say that we owe it all to the Bush family from Texas, but that would be too simplistic. They are only errand boys for the vengeful, bloodthirsty cartel of Jesus-freaks and super-rich money mongers who have ruled this country for at least the last 20 years, a...

from cjyurkanin

An angry old crank looks back on a rare life with some bitterness and still blames almost everything wrong in the world on Nixon, the rest on W Bush. Far from Thompson's best stuff, like Hell's Angels, but there are enough gems in it to remind you why could never resist his books in the first pla...

from untraveller

Interesting read....A bit more autobiographical than “Campaign Trail....” and it does explains his ‘position'a bit better...Good humor as well....Finished 25.12.19

from crmass

This book is a combination of articles, stories, and letters. I liked it, but got a bit thrown by the fact that it is not really arranged chronologically (at times Thompson jumps from the 70's to the 90's without any real transition).

from m.belljackson

I kept reading just for the occasional great political commentary. The short essays grew increasingly BORING, notably with the ongoing acutely boring "Witness." I had many Blech-why-read-this moments, notably with no remorse on pointless dangerous lunatic shootings, even of his own peacocks. He m...