Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future well-being to fight against it, rewriting the rules of journalism and political satire in the process. This skillfully told and dramatic story shows how Thompson saw through Richard Nixon's treacherous populism and embarked on a life-defining campaign to stop it. In his fevered effort to expose institutional injustice, Thompson pushed himself far beyond his natural limits, sustained by drugs, mania, and little else. For 10 years, he cast aside his old ambitions, troubled his family, and likely hastened his own decline, along the way producing some of the best political writing in our history.
absolutely love this book. well written with great prospective, and facts.i would highly recommend this book.
The author truly knows HST and I apreciate the honest look into the rise and fall of an American icon and personal hero of mine.
The Author reveals a lot of himself in this book, i found that quite pathetic, as i spent the rest of the book disillusioned and wondering how much is factual. If the author had spent a few hours in therapy, he might've made this book the great journey he intended it to be, but sadly, he needs Hunter to be the perfect agent to solve his own revulsion for the current state of America.