Hunter S Thompson: Hunter S. Thompson's 'The Rum Diary': 'The novel pretty much falls to pieces ...

By Chad Berndtson The idea for “Mile Marker Zero,” William McKeen's fascinating new book on the far-flung, offbeat paradise that is Key West, Fla., came from Hunter S. Thompson. McKeen, an author and professor who's written two books on theLOS ANGELES — Johnny Depp vividly recalls the first time he met Hunter S. Thompson, sparks flying as the author parted a bar crowd with a cattle prod and a Taser. Seventeen years later, Depp is making good on one of hisWednesday, Oct. 26, 2011

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