Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
A memoir of Hunter S Thompson that exposes the darkness at the heart of America: a nation that thralls to Bush’s War on Terror, War on Evil, War on Iraq, and even War on Fat… a time when fear and loathing are greater than ever…..Read More
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