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.

This book is definitely Awesome.

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.

"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...

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....

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.

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.

4.5

no frills depiction of HT

What else is there to say?

A solid view of Hunter’s life from forty thousand feet. At times, the book lacked the depths of life that many of Thompson’s fans want to read about. Overall, a good starting point for those wanting to delve into the life of Gonzo.

Just looking at the other things that Paul Perry has written. This is definitely one of the best things he has written. Though I don't agree with other people, saying how it was some kind of weird psychotic trip. It still was a very insightful and interesting look into the life of Hunter S. Thompson. All the books mentioned here made me want to read them.

Great Biography of Hunter S. while he was still alive.