Gonzo

the life of Hunter S. Thompson

By Wenner, Jann & Seymour, Corey & Depp, Johnny

Publishers Summary:
Few American lives are stranger, more action-packed, or wilder than that of Hunter S. Thompson. Born a rebel in Louisville, Kentucky, Thompson spent a lifetime channeling his energy and insight into such landmark works as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas--and his singular and provocative style challenged and revolutionized writing. Now, two of his colleagues have interviewed the Good Doctor's friends, family, acquaintances and colleagues, from Hell's Angels leader Sonny Barger to Ralph Steadman to Jack Nicholson to Jimmy Buffett to Pat Buchanan to Marilyn Manson and Thompson's two wives, son, and longtime personal assistant, and woven their memories into an oral biography. It's all here in its uncensored glory: the creative frenzies, the love affairs, the drugs and booze and guns and explosives and, ultimately, the tragic suicide. As Thompson was fond of saying, "Buy the ticket, take the ride."--From publisher description.

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ISBN
978-0-31600-527-2
Publisher
New York : Little, Brown, 2007.


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Library Journal

Reviewed on November 1, 2007

The difference between The Gonzo Way: The Life of Hunter S. Thompson, Anita Thompson's 112-page sketch of her late gonzo journalist husband, and this 512-page biography by Wenner (founder, Rolling Stone) and Seymour, Hunter S. Thompson's former assistant, is mainly that one is written by a disciple-turned-wife who knew her drug-damaged subject only for the last few years of his life, while the other is by 100 wonderfully varied ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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