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Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better Than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again - without leaving home - yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign, in all its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received from candidate Clinton's top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man, beast, or Thompson.
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At some point, people as diverse as John Wayne and the members of Aerosmith appeared to achieve a kind of wisdom when they began to parody themselves. There are hints in Better Than Sex that HST is winking--broadly--at us. Sure, he's still a vicious, twisted psychotic thug who can write that Richard Nixon was criminally insane from birth, but he also closes any number of preposterous gonzo screeds with the equally preposterous, "Take my word for it, Bubba. I was there." This is Thompson's take on Clinton's campaign and his first year in office--and it's an outrage per page. Nobody escapes the good doctor's wrath: Bush is so guilty he makes Nixon look innocent; Clinton is a swine, but he's our swine; and Hillary is pilloried. Ross Perot, James Carville, Margaret Thatcher, James Baker III, Al Gore, and even Walter Cronkite also get savaged. Along the way, Thompson ruminates, occasionally quite shrewdly, nearly always hilariously, on politics, society, and, of course, himself. Better Than Sex is not better than Thompson's great Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail or the gonzo bible Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Even so, a new book by Thompson is always an event. Thomas Gaughan
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JOHN F. KENNEDY, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political junkies, got shot in the head for his efforts, murdered in Dallas by some hapless geek named Oswald who worked for either Castro, the mob, Jimmy Hoffa, the CIA, his dominatrix landlady or the odious, degenerate FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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JOHN F. KENNEDY, who seized the White House from Richard Nixon in a frenzied campaign that turned a whole generation of young Americans into political junkies, got shot in the head for his efforts, murdered in Dallas by some hapless geek named Oswald who worked for either Castro, the mob, Jimmy Hoffa, the CIA, his dominatrix landlady or the odious, degenerate FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Within the context of HST's work this definitely represents the low end. Having read most of his books it is painfully apparent that The Good Doctor wrote this one he was operating somewhere close to the nadir of his creative powers. Which is sad, because HST has chiseled his initials onto that mystic tablet of the cultural subconscious as one of the great voices of the twentieth century. You just wouldn't know it from reading Better Than Sex. When the folks at the end of the next century look back at ours to weed through the one-sided histories, buried testimonies, and hazy lies so they might weigh and measure the "truths" of our time, Thompson's version will be one that rings true.
Sweeping criticisms and grandiose statements aside, if you like Thompson after having read some of his other stuff, especially the political writing, then you will enjoy this book. It is still a fun book to read, its just not at the same level as his good stuff.
There are occasional bright points, notably the picture of HST with James Carville and the bit about HST resembling Bill Clinton's childhood nemesis, Tommy Stukka, which is mercilessly funny (starts around p. 136).
In short: if you are new to Thompson, buy something else (FLLV, Great Shark Hunt, Generation of Swine) ; but, if you familiar with the Good Doctor and his particular brand of journalism, meaning you know what you're getting into when you open up an HST book, then buy this book and read it and for so doing your world will be better, or at least a little less savage.
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I absolutely love the writing of HST. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is, without a doubt, one of the most important books of the 20th century. On the Campaign Trail '72 somehow managed to get me interested in politics. Hell's Angels made me want to buy a motorcycle and rip down the california coast at midnight. But...Better than Sex is a dull, vapid, anorexic account of a dull, vapid, anorexic campaign. Approximately half of the 240 page book is made up of scribbled-out faxes and strange illustrations. Which is not necessarily a bad thing, but I would much rather read 240 pages of non-stop HST ranting. For whatever reason, the Dr. has elected to use the phrases "Ho, ho" and "bubba" at least once on every page, or so it seems. I've read other reviews that state that HST has lost his edge, that a lifetime of rum, cocaine, mescaline and adrenochrome has begun to catch up with him, but I hesitate to write Him off as a aging has-been quite yet. But after reading "The Proud Highway", one must wonder how HST himself would have reacted to a book such as "Better than Sex" if he were still a money-hungry book reviewer.
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This is definetely up there with Hunter's best, which puts it up there with America's best. This is not as meticulously detailed as his "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72" which makes it a quicker read.
The pictures, faxes, photos are psychotic in true Hunter fashion. How he's never been sued for libel is beyond me.
Hunter S. Thompson is probably the most intelligent and most dishonest journalist in the history of America (And that's saying something).
Like most of his work, this is a total pack of lies. But god, it's good reading.
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Not as good as On The Campaign Trail 72, but few books are.
This probably won't be a very helpful or reliable review, since I'm one of Thompson's biggest fans, so I'd give everything that spawned from his twisted, brilliant mind five out of... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 15. Februar 2000 von Stuart Johnston
Still a voice in the wilderness....
I must admit that I felt that the good doctor has lost some of the razor edge that made his writing about the politics of the Nixon era so invigorating. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 21. Dezember 1999 von S. C. McParlin
not as bad as they say
I picked this book up because I've gotten really sick of politics these last few years, and I was hoping that instead of the battling candidates I could get some nice fresh acidic... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 31. Oktober 1999 von Lois J. Egelhof
What Happened Gonzo?
I was drawn to this book after having read "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail of '72," expecting to find a similar tale of '92. Alas, I was sadly disappointed. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 4. September 1999 veröffentlicht
Read This, and then . . .
Go back and reread "Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trial '72" to realize how far Thompson's abilities have declined. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 17. Mai 1999 veröffentlicht
HST Rocks the US Again
I f you want to know why you got how you have got, just trust Doctor Thompson. The only one who gives you the REAL opinion. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 14. März 1999 veröffentlicht
Drugs and Alcohol have taken their toll!
Hunter S. Thompson - self proclaimed freedom fighter for individual rights; staunch defender against intrusive, abusive government; and protector of personal privacy (or so he... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 28. Dezember 1998 veröffentlicht
Thompson gives it to you straight --
One of the best factors of the book is the first-hand knowledge of politics and the way Thompson "tells you how it is, Bubba. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 15. Oktober 1998 veröffentlicht
Hunter grudginly goes back on the Campaign trail in 1992.
I like the way he rates the candidates. He thinks Clinton is a spineless jellyfish, but hey, he's running against Bush, so he can't be that bad. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 24. Juli 1998 veröffentlicht
Not the worst I've read but the worst Thompson's written .
I wished I'd read Raoul's review before I bought the book. Even he panned all but the last chapter where Nixon's death ("who never let ME down") brought out some of The... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 19. Mai 1998 veröffentlicht
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