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Songs of the Doomed
Gonzo Papers, Vol. 3: Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream is a book by the American writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, originally published in 1990. The third installment of the four-volume The Gonzo Papers, it is a chronologically arranged selection of essays, newspaper articles, stories and letters, allowing readers to see how Thompson's brand of New Journalism, also termed Gonzo journalism, evolved over the years. Songs of the Doomed is mostly made up of pieces written between 1980 and 1990, but there is also some older material, including excerpts from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, his unfinished first novel, Prince Jellyfish, which is still unpublished, and The Rum Diary, which was not published in its entirety until 1998. ContentsSongs of the Doomed is a collection of essays, short stories, and newspaper articles written by Thompson during his career. The book is separated into five sections: "The Fifties: Last Rumble in Fat City", "The Sixties: What the Hell? It's Only Rock and Roll...", "The Seventies: Reaping the Whirlwind, Riding the Tiger", "The Eighties: How Much Money Do You Have?", and "Welcome to the Nineties: Welcome to Jail". Author's Note The Fifties: Last Rumble in Fat City The Sixties: What the Hell? It's Only Rock and Roll... The Seventies: Reaping the Whirlwind, Riding the Tiger The Eighties: How Much Money Do You Have? Welcome to the Nineties: Welcome to Jail ReceptionWriting for The New York Times, Ron Rosenbaum said, "Reading Songs of the Doomed reminds us how good he was at his best, and how good he still can be when he's given the freedom — and expenses — to hit the road, rather than stewing in his own bitterness in Woody Creek."[1] Kirkus Reviews gave Songs of the Doomed a mixed review, calling it "an erratically incandescent collection, full of curiosities but not nearly as marvelous as Thompson seems to think."[2] Notes
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