Garcon! Typed, hand-annotated 1961 postcard from Hunter S. Thompson about writing The Rum Diary
$2,500 · Offered by Burnside Rare Books
Big Sur, CA: No publisher , 1961. Typed postcard from Hunter S. Thompson to his friend, Paul Semonin, in Aspen, postmarked January 19,1961. Has Thompson's underlines, a typo crossed out, and the words Fat days are here. written in bottom margin. He discusses writing The Rum Diary, referred to here as The Great P.R. novel, and mentions getting an assignment from Playboy. The Rum Diary would remain
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