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Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson

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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. 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.

288 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,1992

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Format
288 pages, Paperback
Published
March 19, 2004 by Da Capo Press
ISBN
9781560256052
ASIN
1560256052
Language
English

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Paul Perry is an author of a wide variety of subjects from near-death experiences to biographies of authors including Hunter S. Thompson. He is also a documentary film maker. Perry's writing and film making earned him a knighthood in the Royal Family of Portugal.

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sakshiagain17
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April 26,2025
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Some good info and some good stories but I just felt like it fell short of my expectations. The writing was very bland. I feel like this could have been done a lot better even without the direct assistance of the king of Gonzo. Nonetheless, if you're a Hunter S Thompson fan it is still worth a read.
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escapaz
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April 26,2025
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I initially picked this bad boy up thinking it was THE bad boy, and was surely disappointed upon realizing it was a biography and since I don't or can't really do biographies, you can imagine my dilemma. Although it took me quite longer than expected, not the authors fault, but my own, it was a great read. Learned more than I would have liked from time to time about Hunter S. Thompson, but overall, this book really did do the job. Highly recommended... Especially for those who can't keep their hands off of biographies.
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MurukoHiiragi
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April 26,2025
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"The final crest of the wave, the high water mark". Oy vey...
Every time I see a big red shark on the road I get goosebumps...
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Sapphiregleams
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April 26,2025
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Hunter S. Thompson's life was definitely strange but I don't think it was terrible. Interesting but not terrible. Pretty cool read about the life of one of the true Gonzo journalist. I am utterly fascinated with this man.

Happy Reading....
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xiecake
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April 26,2025
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Disappointing in some ways - it gives the story behind the story and de-Gonzos some of the best anecdotes, while attempting to explain some of the motivations that made HST what he was (a prisoner of his own legend). It was published in 1992, which means that the infamous Bill Clinton and french fry incident isn't mentioned, nor does it deal with HST's outrage against the Generation of Swine.

It does, however, (and this is natural, given the sources) spend a lot of time on the relationships between HST and his editors, who had the unfortunate job of sitting by the Mojo Wire, or carting crates of gin and chemicals to the Seal Rock Inn, waiting for the words of demented genius to flow forth.

The book also sheds light on HST's domestic life, such as it was, but I felt I hardly knew the grown man any better having read this, though I knew a little more about the youth that was HST, and about the writer.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas


How many of us had dreamed with leaving everything and running away to live a life full of excess, cutting with your normal and ordinary life? Wouldn’t you like to stop the monotony of your every day life? Then “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” is a book that you should read. The book can be the reflection of the life of more than one that left everything in search of the so called “American Dream”.
The uncertainty and locomotion that Hunter S. Thompson gives to this story is unique. The story of a magazine writer and his attorney in the search of new life style is the main idea of the story. A life full of excess in a time that would give all that you need to adopt this life style.
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