Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream (Picador Books) - Softcover

A collection of journalism, social commentary, short fiction and autobiography, this book is divided into sections of writing on each decade: 1950s, '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s. The book begins with a furious condemnation of the US justice system and ends with the author's own version of the events that led to his extraordinary court case. "The Great Shark Hunt" and "Generation of Swine" are volumes 1 and 2, respectively, of the "Gonzo Papers".