His books have all been written in gonzo form, usually with him as a central charcter. Much influenced by Hemingway, George Orwell, Jack Kerouac, Tom Wolfe and Ken Kesey, he is the founder of gonzo journalism, which is essentially injecting fiction into journalism in order to give the reader a truer vision of the subject-matter. Thompson's work includes Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail and Better than Sex. Thompson's recollection of his perception of the 1960s and a portrait of a writer of huge intelligence who is forced to live as an outsider, with rage and humour as the only tools with which to force his way in. OL15327638W Page_number_confidence 93.92 Pages 726 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.17 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211223161314 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 1488 Scandate 20211216004441 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780345377968 Tts_version 4. Includes bibliographical references and indexĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:06:54 Associated-names Brinkley, Douglas Autocrop_version 0.0.5_books-20210916-0.1 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40312409 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Whether written to his mother, Virginia, or to such luminaries as Charles Kuralt, Philip Graham, Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Carey McWilliams, Lyndon Johnson, and Joan Baez, the letters represent the evolution of an American original, a singular voice defying an era of banality
With a vicious eye for detail, a rude wit, and a brutal take on any and all pretenders, Thompson's missiles pierce pomposity and rattle the soul. In the intervening years, Thompson's prolific and often profound correspondence gives us an unforgettable vista of the America of the Eisenhower and Kennedy years as well as an authoritative introduction to the cultural revolution of the sixties. Thompson was a wise (perhaps too wise) teenager in Louisville - and takes us through 1967, when the publication of Hell's Angels made the author an international celebrity (and nearly resulted in his death). This first volume of the Fear and Loathing Letters begins with a high school essay written in 1955 - when Hunter S.
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