European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thompson throws  s. Thompson songs of the the Book at american la by Rob Staggenborg staff writer no one can accuse Hunter s. Thompson of being Humble. He uses a  designation and tries to make like a Jurist. In his latest Book songs of the doomed More notes on the death of the american dream gonzo papers vol. 3 $5.95 at stars and stripes Bookstore she takes Justice to task not to mention five decades Worth of targets. Thompson the controversial defender of the defenceless who a known As the Prince of gonzo journalism offers a collection of notes on life in general. The Only thing holding it together quite literally is the cover. Thompson a former airman whose most popular works include fear and loathing in Las vegas fear and loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 and the great shark Hunt swings away in songs of he doomed. The Book an easy and engaging read opens with Thompson in a drug induced stupor walking into a Public Library at 4 . To learn about the Law a which serves As a metaphor throughout the Book. Songs of the doomed takes the Reader from that weird episode in which he gets pickled and drugged with a convict on a work release program who works As the Library a night janitor to newspaper clippings and Thompsons vicious quotes lashing out against the judicial system. He had been on trial for allegedly squeezing the nipple of a woman journalist who a come to his Woody Creek colo., Cabin to interview him. The wonderful thing about the Book is that it lacks a conduit. Each Section relies Little on the doomed previous Section and therefore can be read from front to Back Back to front Middle to Back. Thompson is not kind to the a Rabid scum who tried to put me in prison a or to anyone else. His 50s retrospective includes Vintage gonzo scribblings such As tarred and feathered at the Jersey Shore and fleeing new York a pair of mindless meanderings of the gonzo journalist As a cub reporter. The �?T60s portion of the Book finds Hunter swept up into the popular drug culture like half the country at that time. Thompson takes the Reader to his Days with the Hellas Angels which led to his Book of the same name. A my face was still almost Frozen dark red and crusted with tears not from crying but tears that Start coming to your eyes just from the wind a he writes of his return to civilization after following the country a most fearsome motorcycle gang at the time. A i was so High on that a from coming Back a that i sat and wrote the whole thing right through and never changed a word of it. Its one of my favorite pieces of  songs of the doomed paints a Kinder gentler Thompson at times. On hearing of president Kennedy a assassination he wrote Quot. All of a sudden that Day the country looked different to me and i Felt very bad about  his retrospective of the �?T70s details his dementia behind fear and loathing. That period includes Richard Nixon and his twisted political affairs. A the had a classic absolute Lack of integrity or honesty or decency a Thompson writes a Nixon was a Monument to everything Rotten in the american dream a he was a Monument to Why it failed. A the is our  the �?T80s sparked Thompsons views on greed and the american dream. The Section includes a scathing look at Palm Beach calif., in a Section of notes called notes from the behavioural sink and other queer tales from Palm Beach. And wild lies and relentless per july. A fish head judge meets a naked Cinderella. Dark dark Days on the Gold coast Long nights for animals. Joe Bob Briggs this Isnit. Thompsons self grand izing Over the sexual harassment suit brought against him by the reporter is vicious yet humorous. The chapter is aptly titled Welcome to jail. It includes court documents and newspaper reprints of his Case. A the dark Underbelly of the american dream is beginning to surface. I am actually on trial for sex drugs and Rock and Roll a he writes. The charges were dropped. Thompson gleefully pounded the investigating police with a $22 million civil suit for a malicious prosecution Gross negligence and criminal malfeasance with harmful  that Case is pending. The Book is a Winner a definite conversation starter in any social Circle. Put simply songs of the doomed is a profound look at the United states and All its pratfalls in a Light Only Hunter s. Thompson can  with Kab out Forsyth still a Man of villainous letter by Karin Davies the associated press Frederick Forsyth has lost the Best villain he Ever had a the Kab. A was a spy writer obviously it is going to at acct what one does next a Forsyth said Over Tea at London s Montcalm hotel also the scene of a More shadowy rendezvous Between two of his characters. A clearly you can newer now use the Kich again As the All purpose  Forsyth s newly released seventh novel. The deceiver is his fits since the fall of the Berlin Wall and the second russian revolution. With uncharacteristic nostalgia his dedication notes the passing of an Era a the cold War lusted 40 years. For the record the West won it. But not without Cost. This Book is for those w to spent so much of their lives in the shadowed places. Those were the Days my  Forsyth the 53-year-old author of the Day of the jackal and the negotiator Speaks As he writes a with authority. Hair and a hint of mystery. He is fit and tanned after a fishing trip off the North Carolina coast. I is glue eyed gaze is direct from behind a Cloud of smoke Curling from a cigarette that sits snugly in a Holder. The deceiver is Sam Mecready who has served with distinction for seven years As chief of Covert operations for the British secret intelligence service. When an ambitious Young Superior decides it is Lime for him and other old style operatives to retire Mecready insists on a hearing that reviews four of his Rule bending exploits. Originally written for television the gripping tales concern a Mission into East Germany to retrieve a sensitive soviet document and a courier gone mad the defections of two russians an arms shipment from libyan Leader col. Foam mar a Dhati to the Irish Republican army and Caribbean polities and cocaine. A they arc All drawn from real life stories that have Only been lightly reported a says Forsyth an sex foreign correspondent a self described soviet watcher whose fiction has sometimes anticipated or mirrored reality. He was annoyed that he Learned of the soviet coup one Rainy Day in Remote Glacier Bay Alaska where he was vacationing with his two sons. Those bastards Forsyth says sardonically of the coup leaders. They struck too Early. Most  a he hinted in the British version of his Book that the hard liners would close in on soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev one Day but Forsyth says he preferred that they wanted until his Book was released. A Well have to find fresh had Guys. Our standby of 40 years Lias gone a says Forsyth. He does see alternatives. A we be got the terrorists Yves be got the Ira we be got Central and South America we be got cocaine we be got the Middle East maybe Asia we be got the Guys behind Tiana men Square except that. No one can understand  the deceiver will be on Sale Tor $15 95 at stars and stripes books orcs by Early november sunday september 22, 1991