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| Greyhound Diary | 
 enlarge | Author: James Inman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Category: Book
Buy New: $9.86
Avg. Customer Rating:  (8 reviews)
Sales Rank: 224297
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Pages: 79
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6 x 0.2
ISBN: 1411649222
EAN: 9781411649224
ASIN: 1411649222
Publication Date: May 17, 2006
Release Date: May 17, 2006
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 Gonzo Journalism is childs play! March 8, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I am a huge Hunter S. Thompson fan but when I read Inman's Greyhound Diary I realized that some writers really do live the story. It doesn't take a lot to drop a fistful of horse adrenaline and wash it down with a bottle of cold turkey and then journalize the madness but to simply live a life of misery and debauchery without the aid of hallucinogens and still be sound enough to document the entire nightmare? That's madness in its truest and most pure form.
Sure, Hunter is the Barry Bonds of the literary world, but Inman is able to hit home runs without the use of illicit substance. He clearly relies on his own personal psychosis. If James Inman can pull it together just enough to scratch out any more tomes, I recommend everyone run to the nearest computer and buy it as well.
With Hunter and Bukowski both off the planet, Inman seems the only remaining rascal left to document and journalize the true under-belly of this slowly decaying nation.
May his liver hold out long enough to make a difference.
The Greyhound Diary is the most important work to be written since The Diary of Anne Frank. To be held hostage by one's own mind within a system that conspires to keep it that way is more vile than any Nazi in the attic hunting for children to murder.
The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round...the 7th Circle of Hell March 8, 2007
What could possibly be funny about traveling across the country on a Greyhound bus with a broken toilet and the mentally ill? Plenty. James Inman's insights into the people who travel this country by bus (and the people who drive them) are hilarious and awful at the same time. Scenic landscapes would normally provide a welcome relief to the stark realities of life on the bus, but James's gaze is focused in the opposite direction. The rants and foibles of his fellow passengers are much more entertaining than any vista a dirty bus window has to offer. From the arbitrary and capricious bus driver to the quiet dignity of the Amish passengers, James's diatribes form a string of vignettes that shock and entertain, with vivid descriptions of life on the bus that leave the reader convinced that he can almost catch a whiff of that unholy stench emanating from the bathroom. Charles Kurault could never have accurately reported on this aspect of America; it takes a comedian like James Inman to tell it right.
Get on this Bus! March 6, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As James Inman tells his story I get the sense that I have just witnessed Sam Kinison come back from the dead to devour David Sedaris and puke him out on the page in a spastic fit of motion sickness... and I mean that in the most pleasurable way. The talented Mr. Inman writes with the same energetic and caustic wit he uses on stage. My overt reactions to his chronicles of this hellish trip made people look at me funny when I read it in public. Roaring uncontrollable laughter has that effect at quiet places like the laundromat, the coffee shop, the office break room, church, etc. While James's bus trip itself was not worth the fare, this book is absolutely worth the trip. So take this ride - you won't regret it!
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