Once again I relapse to making analogies to the Michelin guide. The Michelin Guide uses a three star system for rating restaurants which proceeds as follows:
one star ("a very good restaurant in its category")
two stars ("excellent cooking, worth a detour")
three stars ("exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey")
There are books, and there are Books.
And then, there are BOOKS
In particular, Hunter Thompson's analysis of the appeal of Candidate George McGovern to dissatisfied voters in the primary election of 1972, as well as his thoughts on the Democratic party's inability to produce a coalition able to defeat Nixon, an anecdote regarding Nixon's obsession with professional football, as well as repeated references to the author's unsuccessful bid to be elected Sheriff of Aspen, Colorado on the Freak Power ticket when members of the Democratic and Republican parties put aside their differences and united in a coalition against him. The combination of subject matter and the author's no-nonsense treatment of the coverage given to the campaign makes this book meaningful as a study of politics, media, and America of the 1960s and 1970s.
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