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Have journalists written anything nonfictional of worth? In Cold Blood comes to mind even though it's borderline fiction
About to finish pic related atm, has anyone here read it? What did you think of it?
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bump you fucking faggots

meme threads about stupid shit reach bump limit but threads about actual literature die

fucking ridiculous
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Like Dispatches by Michael Herr?
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>>7474929
ye
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Hunter S. Thompson comes to mind, Fear and Loathing is fictional but his Hell's Angels thing isn't. Check it out.
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>>7474110
the nobel prize chick?
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>>7475052
hwat
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>>7475090
Svetlana Alexievich
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>>7475038
campaign trail '72 is great
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ryszard kapuscinski
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>>7475038
>Fear and Loathing is fictional
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>>7475094
did she write some mean words about the big baddie putler?
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>>7475124
I think she's only written about soviet times.
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if you're interested at all in 1960s american culture, this is a must-read
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>>7475124
You're thinking of Anna Politkovskaya
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The Best and the Brightest by David Halberstam
Bob Woodwards book about The Supreme Court The Brethren
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>>7474110
I enjoyed Slouching Towards Bethlehem. I was surprised how conservative she was (liking John Wayne, not liking hippies giving children LSD)
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>>7475665
Yeah same
Especially the titular essay was incredibly frank and matter of fact
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