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13552847 No.13552847 [Reply] [Original]

What would he think of today's literary scene? I'm reading the Rum Diary at the moment, and can't imagine him walking around in 2019.

>> No.13552856

>>13552847
He killed himself because he was a massive pussy that couldn't even cut it as a sports writer.

>> No.13552877

>>13552856
he killed himself because thats what everyone should do when they turn 65.

>> No.13552884

>>13552856
>a massive pussy
>went out of his way to antagonize the Hell's Angels
Hmm

>> No.13553025

>>13552884
>Believing what a drug addicted narcissist writes.

>> No.13553056

>>13552884
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccyu44rsaZo

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>>13552847
Don't think he could visualize it either. Should have spent more time on imageboards.

>>13552884
The whole "crazy loner obsessed with guns" thing was a persona he adopted to fend off attacks and death threats after the Hell's Angels exposé came out.

>> No.13553751

>>13553025
there's photos of his swollen face after they stomped him for telling one of them to stop hitting women.

>> No.13553773

>>13553025
Sonny Barger even talks about how they beat the shit out of Thompson after they read his book. this wasn't secret or something, he was publicly associated with them