Weekly Roundup (Nov. 14, 2022) (Patreon)

Woof. Things have been hectic around here. At The Statesman we've been trying new things, like my genealogy story and having a foreign correspondent in Manchester. Newspapers are a wild career path.

The Moria pieces are coming alone. I'll get you another one this week. Soon enough Nowhere and Back Again Book II will be completed.

And now, book reviews:

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Hunter S. Thompson)

Somehow I've never actually read Thompson before. You'd think given my blend of quasi-gonzo reporting and countercultural leanings he'd be in my personal pantheon, but no, I never got around to Thompson for years.

This might have been a problem. I suspect Thompson would have been a formative influence in my teenage years; a figure akin to William S. Burroughs who might have warped my brain. That I missed that window is less Thompson's fault than mine.

Headlines:

Fun at the Vatican Bank! And the CIA!