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Hunter S. Thompson letter signed, composed on an aerogram with his handwritten signature ''H.S. Thompson'' on the address panel of the sheet postmarked 15 March 1963. Written to Paul Semonin, Thompson is ''in a great funk'' for having to continue his reporting work in South America. He writes, ''Just received sailing instructions from Observer, saying hie [sic] on to Santiago, Lima, Quito, Bogota, Panama, Costa Rica and Mexico City at all possible speed. They figure 3 months, but to me it looks like 3 years. All those fucking countries again...After Mexity I am supposed to go back to Washington 'for talks.' I know what I am going to talk about & it is going to be about six moving months in the USA. I think I made this clear to them on the phone last week, but I also know they want me to come back down here. But right now I need a break from the spics and I need it bad. Maybe Copenhagen. What I really need is to shoot a few crows & drive long distances & not read newspapers. Sandy will depart Rio as soon as I can collect what various people owe me. The Obs is advancing me 400 to get moving, so I have no excuse there. I advise you to keep out of this town unless you are rich. I have aged ten years in this past one, & when you see me you'll believe it. We have a lot to talk on. And it is going to take something critically decent to cure me of the great funk I've fallen into. At the moment I have no phone, no kitchen, no hot water, and not much hope. I am living in a world of cracks, breaks, fizzles, lies, treachery, & overall thirdrateness. My desire to get out is at the point of desperation. It came as a terrible shock to pick up the phone and be sentenced to 3 more months. With luck. Anyway, [Jo] Hudson is now in Big Sur & receiving letters...I am thinking seriously of linking up in Trinidad, con Sandy. But this is tentative too. What I need now is a taste of what this past year has convinced me is a way of life that is being phased out of this world. I am turning into a mossback...H''. Letter measures approximately 8'' x 11'', with uneven right edge because of aerogram format. Very good condition.
Hunter Thompson Letter Signed -- ''...I am living in a world of cracks, breaks, fizzles, lies, treachery, & overall thirdrateness...''
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