Hey Rube: Blood Sport, The Bush Doctrine and The Downward Spiral of Dumbness : Modern History from the Sports Desk - Hardcover

Thompson, Hunter S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684873192 ISBN 13: 9780684873190

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 2004

Synopsis

A collection of writings by the legendary Gonzo journalist from his column "Hey Rube" from ESPN.com, features his commentary on such topics as retaliation for September 11th, his comparision of NBA commissioner David Stern to the Three Stooges, his hilarious suggestions for "fixing" baseball, and other thoughts on politics, sports, and gossip. 75,000 first printing.

About this title

Review:

"Punctuated by moments of brilliant iconoclasm, as well as profound questions for our age."
-- San Francisco Chronicle

"Thompson is a genuinely unique figure in American journalism, a superb comic writer and a ferociously outspoken social and political critic."
-- The Washington Post

"You can't help but be glad that when it all hit the fan, Hunter S. Thompson was working the Sports Desk."
-- The New York Sun

"This compilation...has fear and loathing in it, of course, but beneath its ornery doomsday facade is a message of hope: What happens in the stadiums and field houses of America is probably beyond your control, but what happens in the city councils and statehouses is up to you."
-- Playboy

Book Description:

Sport, politics, and sex collide in Hunter S. Thompson's wildly popular ESPN.com columns.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0684873192
• ISBN 13: 9780684873190
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 246