Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson
by Paul Perry
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Fear and Loathing creates a sharp and savvy profile of one of the most provocative voices and distinctive personalities of our time. To Hunter S. Thompson, being a Gonzo journalist means doing whatever it takes to get to the truth; everything from dropping acid with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters in the 60s, to participating in wild orgies and getting his nose broken while chronicling life with the Hell's Angels, to founding the Freak Power Party and running for sheriff of Aspen in 1970. show more A virtual icon, Thompson has regularly trashed the prime directives of reporting--accuracy and objectivity--yet he nonetheless always produces some of the sharpest political and cultural analysis around. Surrounded by submachine guns, fistfuls of colorful pills, and the ubiquitous Wild Turkey, Thompson careens through his life and career, unfolded in this book in all its decadence. New art by Ralph Steadman and over 20 black-and-white photographs are featured. show lessTags
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Hunter S. Thompson's life was never dull, and "Fear and Loathing" is an attempt to chronicle that, but sadly the author appeared to be completely sober while writing this, and so the telling is far less interesting than if Thompson was to write it.
"Fear and Loathing" covers everything from Hunter's childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, his fear of being cornholed, his early adventures as a journalist in the Caribbean and onto fame and Hunter's increasing eccentricities. One for the Thompson completists.
"Fear and Loathing" covers everything from Hunter's childhood in Louisville, Kentucky, his fear of being cornholed, his early adventures as a journalist in the Caribbean and onto fame and Hunter's increasing eccentricities. One for the Thompson completists.
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Paul Perry attended Arizona State University and received a fellowship from the Freedom Forum Foundation at Columbia University in 1988. He taught magazine writing at the University of Oregon and was Executive Editor at American Health magazine. He is the co-author with Melvin Morse of Closer to the Light, Transformed by the Light, and Where God show more Lives, which won the 2002 Aleph Award for the best spiritual book published that year in France. His work has appeared in numerous publications including National Geographic Adventure, Ladies Home Journal, Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and Reader's Digest. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Angst und Abscheu : das sagenhafte Leben des Hunter S. Thompson
- Original title
- Fear and loathing
- People/Characters
- Hunter S. Thompson; Ken Kesey
- Important places
- Louisville, Kentucky, USA; Aspen, Colorado, USA
- Important events
- Kentucky Derby
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
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- 070.92 — Computer science, information & general works News media, journalism & publishing Documentary media, educational media, news media; journalism; publishing Biography And History Biographies
- LCC
- PN4874 .T444 .P47 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Journalism. The periodical press, etc. By region or country
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- English, German
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