As usual it’s either a feast or a famine when it comes to Hunter Thompson-related books or releases of any
sort, The Rum Diary movie being at the top of the list at the moment. I am looking forward to The Rum Diary movie but I’m a book-man at heart and anything new in print involving, or about Hunter is a biggie for me.
William McKeen’s Mile Marker Zero is one release with a healthy chunk of HST. It is due for release in October I believe, and is one book I’ll be recommending wholeheartedly. The review is due here soon. (I’m a bit behind with my work here. I’ll be back on top of things soon.)
Now on to Margaret A. Harrell’s Keep This Quiet: My Relationship with Hunter, S Thompson, Milton Klonsky, and Jan Mensaert.
From Margaret’s site.. Here.
” In addition to providing a missing chapter in the life of Hunter, just before he became the father of gonzo journalism, Keep This Quiet also saves from the wreckage and trash bin of time a missing chapter in the life of two other outlaw writers: New York City poet genius Milton Klonsky and flamboyant Belgian poet Jan Mensaert. As a copy editor, then assistant editor to Jim Silberman at Random House in the late ’60s, I had a personal and professional relationship with Hunter, receiving hilarious and tormented correspondence. Now, for the first time, I reveal stories, memories, and previously unpublished letters by Hunter, with permission of the Estate of Hunter S. Thompson.”
To have had a large part in the process of the publishing of Thompson’s Hell’s Angels must have been a huge thing. To have dealt with him during these times must have been fascinating. I’m looking forward to reading it and spreading the word. For now click here for Margaret’s site. There’s plenty there to keep your appetites moist.
Plenty to keep us going for the moment.
Cheers.
