The Rum Diary — Hunter S. Thompson

Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as "laugh-out-loud funny" and "a great and an unexpected joy," The Rum Diary "reveals a young Hunter S. Thompson brimming with talent." Based on Thompson's own experiences as a reporter in Puerto Rico for The Nation, the National Journal, and the San Juan Star in the late fifties and early sixties, The Rum Diary is a tangled love story in a Caribbean boomtown.