Yeamon has written a piece on the immigration of Puerto Ricans to New York. A few weeks later, Paul is drawn into a fight between Yeamon and their boss. Chenault makes everyone breakfast and Paul finds himself even deeper drawn to her beauty and her wit, even as he watches the control and lack of respect Yeamon showers on her. Paul leaves and returns a short time later. Paul is struck by the easy rapport between these two and is jealous not only of their rapport, but their youth and simple happiness. Paul visits Yeamon and Chenault at their home in the country one morning and finds them swimming in the ocean in the nude. Due to this, the paper is run with little supervision and is constantly rumored to be about to fold. However, Paul discovers that his new boss is a paranoid man who does not have the respect of his employees.
Paul also becomes friendly with a local public relations man named Sanderson. Over the next few days, Paul settles in at the paper and makes friends with a number of the other people working there. Despite this setback, Paul and Yeamon hit it off. The girl, Chenault, is Yeamon's girlfriend. Yeamon, it turns out, knows the girl Paul saw on the plane. One of these is Yeamon, a tall, volatile man. Sala takes Paul to a local bar that serves hamburgers for dinner and introduces him to couple of the other reporters who work at the paper. Paul decides to go to the offices of the paper he has come to work for, The San Juan Daily News.Īt the office, Paul meets a photographer, Richard Sala. Once Paul arrives in San Juan and settles in his hotel, he goes out to find a restaurant for dinner, but cannot find a suitable one. The girl gets away, setting the tone for Paul's entire night. Paul attempts to move the man and is accused of battery. Paul rushes to grab the only two open seats side by side in order to entice the girl to sit beside him, but an old man takes the seat Paul has saved for the girl. Before he boards, he sees a beautiful girl who he would like to meet boarding the same plane. Paul Kemp gets drunk before boarding the plane to Puerto Rico in order to better endure the flight. It is a volatile story that will please Thompson's new and old fans alike. This writer, Paul Kemp, comes to Puerto Rico with the hope of finding adventure, but instead finds love, jealousy, and violence, all pickled in rum. The plot showcases a young writer who finds himself in the virgin territory of San Juan, Puerto Rico writing for a paper that is months from going under. Written when he was still honing his skills, this novel shows peeks of the brilliant musical writing style Thompson would become known for later in his career.
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