本書已改編為電影【醉後型男日記】,由強尼戴普主演。
美國國家暢銷書(The National best seller)、《紐約客》雜誌(The New Yorker)年度推薦書,被譽為長久遺失的鉅作!
強尼戴普主演電影《醉後型男日記》原著小說
「剛左報導文學」宗師
史上最駭人而放浪的新聞記者
杭特.湯普森
在波多黎各的狂飆歲月!!
「快來 蘭姆酒桶中還有很多位置 沒事做 薪水高 整天喝酒 整晚胡搞 快點,逾時不候」
「聖胡安日報內有各式各樣的人,從試圖想要把世界擰成兩半,再重新來過的狂妄土耳其小夥子,到只想在一群瘋子把世界擰成兩半之前,過過好日子的啤酒肚老頭。整個報社的確有些有才氣又正直的人,但也有些連張明信片也不會寫、墮落無能的俗辣,包括混混,逃犯和酒鬼,一名順手牽羊、總是在腋下夾著一把槍的古巴人,一名半開化、有戀童癖的墨西哥人,流氓,人渣,人形膿包等。對多數的人來說,工作只為了換杯酒喝,或是湊足機票錢罷了。」
這是一個關於嫉妒與背叛、慾望與暴力,並且愛恨交織的故事。
年少輕狂的美國記者保羅來到了波多黎各的首都聖胡安,才華洋溢但思想幾近瘋狂,懷有無限的夢想但又必須承受現實的殘酷。鎮日借酒澆愁。行為放蕩不羈,生活沒有重心,整部《蘭姆酒日記》就像是酒醉後的囈語,作者根據年輕時在聖胡安的記者經歷寫成的半自傳式作品。
Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule and anything (including murder) is permissible. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson’s Fear and Loathing books.
本書中譯本《蘭姆酒日記:《醉後型男日記》電影原著小說》由新雨出版。
作者簡介
Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Rum Diary, and Better than Sex. He died February 2005.