5/20/2003

Kingdom of Fear Review

A review of the Hunter S. Thompson book, Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century, in The Guardian (UK):

Books | The honest outlaw

There are many great lines in this review but my favorite is:
"I have seen thousands of priests and bishops and even the pope himself transmogrified in front of our eyes into a worldwide network of thieves and perverts and sodomites who relentlessly penetrate children of all genders and call it holy penance for being born guilty in the eyes of the church. Whoops! I have wandered off on some kind of vengeful tangent here."