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The book commences with biographical segments and reprints from diverse works of yesteryears. Split into decades such as the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and the early 90s, it provides a fine sampling of Thompson's oeuvres and comes accompanied by original commentary. There are several original pieces that embody Thompson's gonzo style of rhetoric. Overall, it is a decent addition to the Hunter S. Thompson collection, featuring a substantial amount of material from the 1980s. It涵盖了从普利策离婚审判到猪头恶作剧等内容，并对里根/老布什政权发表了见解。 At the conclusion of the book, Thompson finds himself in a first-person role not of his own choosing when felonies are leveled against him by an increasingly right-leaning American justice system. If you are an HST enthusiast, you must include this in your list. Moreover, he at times appears somewhat prophetic regarding future times. The text also delves into the servant problem, stating that it is the Achilles' heel of the rich. The only solution seems to be robots, but we are still a generation or so away from that. In the meantime, it is nearly impossible to hire a maid who is intelligent enough to make a bed yet too naïve to wonder why it is full of naked people every morning. The gardener will be uncomfortable seeing rope ladders hanging from the master-bedroom windows when mowing the lawn at noon, and any chauffeur with the intelligence to operate a stick shift on a Rolls will also understand what is transpiring when you send him across the bridge to a goat farm in Loxahatchee for a pair of mature billies and a pound of animal stimulant. The text further explores the differences between the rich and others, noting that it is not just about having more money as Hemingway pointed out, but rather that money is not a governing factor in the lives of the truly rich as it is for those who work for a living. The truly rich are born free, like dolphins, never feeling hungry and having their credit never questioned. Their daughters will be debutantes and their sons will attend prep schools, and even if cousins are junkies or lesbians, it doesn't matter. The breeding of humans remains an imperfect art, even with all the advantages. The text poses awkward questions such as where are the Aryan thoroughbreds that Hitler bred carefully in the early days of the Third Reich and where are the best and brightest children of Bel Air and Palm Beach. The answers to these questions can be disturbing, as it makes one wonder why the finest flowers of the American Dream so often end up in asylums, divorce courts, and other gray hallways of the doomed. What is it about being born free and rich beyond worry that drives people crazy? 4/5
