A carefully selected volume of rare (and in some cases never-before-published) conversations with the iconic writer, thinker, and rabble-rouser Hunter S. Thompson
HUNTER S. THOMPSON (1937-2005) was the inventor and pretty much the
sole practitioner of Gonzo journalism. His first book, Hell's
Angels, is the definitive work on the motorcycle gang. Gonzo was
born with the 1970 magazine article, The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent
and Depraved, and reached a peak with Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas. His reporting on the 1972 campaign trail earned him
accolades for being unafraid to tell the wretched truth about
politics. On the basis of those pioneering works, Thompson became a
celebrity and lived a life of wild abandon. When he killed himself,
he left a note saying "No more fun."
DAVID STREITFELD is the editor of The Last Interview books on
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip K. Dick and J.D. Salinger, all
published by Melville House. He is a reporter for The New York
Times, where in 2013 he was part of the team awarded the Pulitzer
Prize for Explanatory Reporting. He lives in the San Francisco Bay
Area with his family and too many books.
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