![]() ![]() ![]() Kemp’s boss, Lotterman, is a cranky, deceitful individual who struggles to fund the Daily News. Quickly, Kemp learns that the Daily News is nothing like he expected it to be. Kemp arrives in the lazy island town of San Juan with anticipation, anxious to begin his job at San Juan’s Daily News. He takes the obstacles that San Juan presents him in strides, all the while maintaining a comfortably detached demeanor. Kemp is a languid sort, the type of person who has aspiration but lacks enthusiasm. Paul Kemp, a freelance journalist who writes for the New York Times, narrates the story. “The Rum Diary” takes place in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. Thompson started the novel in 1959, but it wasn’t published until 1998. Thompson is a story of dead-end adventure, dicey opportunities, drunken affairs and apathetic journalists. ![]()
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