Generation of Swine

Generation of Swine

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author = Hunter S. Thompson
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country = United States
language = English
series = The Gonzo Papers
subject = Politics
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publisher = Picador Books
release_date = 1988
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pages = 304
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preceded_by = The Great Shark Hunt
followed_by = Songs of the Doomed

"Gonzo Papers, Vol. 2: Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the '80s" is a book by the American writer and journalist Hunter S. Thompson, originally published in 1988. The book contains 100 of Thompson's columns from the "San Francisco Examiner", which discuss the politics and culture of the 1980s, with significant coverage of the Iran-Contra Affair.He predicts that the Democrats will self-destruct in the 1988 presidential campaign. He also makes bets about the Democratic Party candidates odds of winning their elections. People he dislikes are described as "money-sucking animals," "brainless freaks," "geeks," "greed-crazed lunatics" and so on.

It is the second volume of the four-volume "Gonzo Papers" series.


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