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The Life And Times Of Hunter S. Thompson
W. W. Norton
July 2008
On Sale: July 7, 2008
Featuring: Hunter S. Thompson
448 pages
ISBN: 0393061922
EAN: 9780393061925
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
The famous inventor of Gonzo journalism portrayed as never before, both his charisma and his adventurous work.
Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his early magazine pieces and revelatory "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and "Fear and Loathing" campaign coverage in Rolling Stone. When Thompson was on, there was no one better at capturing who Americans were and what America was, be it in politics, at the Kentucky Derby, or in the Hells Angels' lair. William McKeen became friends with Thompson after writing a monograph on his journalism. McKeen now has interviewed many of Thompson's associates who wouldn't speak before, from childhood friends to colleagues, to assistants who sat around the Woody Creek, Colorado, kitchen control room late at night when Thompson did most of his work. McKeen gets behind the drinking and drugs to show the man and the writerβone who was happy to be considered an outlaw but took the calling of journalism as his life. 16 pages of photographs.
 Media BuzzOn The Media - November 1, 2008
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