Synopses & Reviews
'Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging . . . but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency.' '"Jonathan Yardley, Washington PostHunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In
Outlaw Journalist, the famous inventor of Gonzo journalism is portrayed as never before. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson"s associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and the drugs to show the man and the writer'"one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of journalism was life.
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"A definitive biography. . . . [McKeen] presents the life of this gifted yet troubled artist, warts and all, and he also takes the full measure of Thompson's journalistic accomplishment . . . a comprehensive portrait." Louisville Courier-Journal
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"The best record to date of Thompson's life." New York Observer
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Essential.
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Read it or die. Greg Palast
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Essential. Miami Herald
Synopsis
Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory . In , the famous inventor of Gonzo journalism is portrayed as never before. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson's associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and the drugs to show the man and the writer--one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of journalism was life.
Synopsis
Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In Outlaw Journalist, the famous inventor of Gonzo journalism is portrayed as never before. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson's associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and the drugs to show the man and the writer--one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of journalism was life.
Synopsis
"Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging . . . but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency." --Jonathan Yardley,
About the Author
William McKeen is the author of Highway 61 and editor of Rock and Roll Is Here to Stay. A journalism professor at the University of Florida, he lives with his family near Wacahoota, Florida.