Fear and Loathing : On The Campaign Trail 72.

Umapagan Ampikaipakan, Resident literary critic

24-Jun-15 14:00

Fear and Loathing : On The Campaign Trail 72.

With notable candidates--Hilary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Marin O'Malley and Lincoln Chafee of the Democratic Party; and Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum and George Pataki of the Republican Party--announcing their running for the US Presidential Elections in 2016, our resident literary critic thinks its time to blow the dust off 'Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72' by Hunter S Thompson.

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