{"product_id":"the-rum-diary-9780684856476","title":"The Rum Diary","description":"\u003cb\u003eMade into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, \u003ci\u003eThe Rum Diary\u003c\/i\u003e--a national bestseller and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eNotable Book--is Hunter S. Thompson's brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent lust in the Caribbean.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBegun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, \u003ci\u003eThe Rum Diary \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule, and anything (including murder) is permissible. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson's \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing \u003c\/i\u003ebooks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThompson, Hunter S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include \u003ci\u003eHell's Angels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing at Rolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Rum Diary\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBetter than Sex\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in February 2005.","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598821363986,"sku":"9780684856476","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_1bfa6495-b92b-45e1-a74d-3722d7a8e448.jpg?v=1732191855","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rum-diary-9780684856476","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}