Before there was Gonzo, there was just plain Hunter -- a precocious, earnest, and occasionally troublesome honor student in Louisville, Kentucky.

Before there was Doctor Thompson, there was Airman Thompson -- the military's answer to Grantland Rice, protecting America by covering sports [...]

With new biographical information about Thompson and an examination of his writing techniques, this book provides readers with a better understanding of the journalist and novelist. A look beyond the larger-than-life public persona, Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and the Birth of Gonzo will be [...]

Hunter S. Thompson was the creator of a new kind of journalism and invented a new style of writing. Gonzo was a wild, often drug- and drink-fuelled adventure, in which Thompson examined the politics, people, and values of his times. In the three great collections of Gonzo writings, The Great Shark H[...]

Forty years after its original publication, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 "remains a cornerstone of American political journalism and one of the bestselling campaign books of all time. Hunter S. Thompson s searing account of the battle for the 1972 presidency from the Democratic primar[...]

This is a superb collection of interviews with one of the most controversial, admired, and influential writers of the twentieth century.In 1971, the outlandish originator of gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) commandeered the international limelight with his best-selling comic masterpi[...]

A wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Hunter S. Thompson's and Ralph Steadman's most eccentric book "The Curse of Lono" is to Hawaii what "Fear and Loathing" was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of America[...]

Filmatisert med Johnny Depp, Amber Heard og Aaron Eckhart i hovedrollene. Paul Kemp har flyttet fra New York til Puerto Rico for å jobbe i avisa The Daily News. I avisa er alt kaos, ryktene går om snarlig konkurs, og i følge sjefen er alle som jobber der alkoholiserte, ubrukelige gærninger. Pue[...]

Redan första kvällen i San Juan hamnar New York-skribenten Paul Kemp på Als Backyard en kvarterskrog känd för sina hamburgare, romdrinkar och de vilda journalistfyllon som gjort haket till sitt stamställe. De flesta jobbar på Pauls nya arbetsplats, Daily News, en engelskspråkig tidning som [...]

Redan första kvällen i San Juan hamnar New York-skribenten Paul Kemp på Als Backyard, en kvarterskrog känd för sina hamburgare, romdrinkar och de vilda journalistfyllon som gjort haket till sitt stamställe. De flesta jobbar på Pauls nya arbetsplats, Daily News, en engelskspråkig tidning som [...]

Suuri hainmetsästys sisältää Hunter S. Thompsonin parhaat ja rajuimmat lehtijutut - nyt ensimmäistä kertaa kokonaisuudessaan. Nixonista napalmiin, Carterista kokaiiniin, Muhammed Alista Helvetin Enkeleihin. Hunter S. Thompson vangitsee amerikkalaisen yhteiskunnan hulluuden ja todellisuuden par[...]

Hunter S. Thompsonin alter ego, maailmaa nähnyt, tiedostava ja fiksu kolmekymppinen journalisti Paul Kemp, muuttaa New Yorkista Puerto Ricon San Juaniin. Hän alkaa paiskia hommia paikallisen Daily Newsin reportterina. Suurin osa toimittajista on hulluja juoppoja, jotka vain odottelevat potkuja Kar[...]

Harley Davidsoneilla päristelevät, karskit, myyttiset desperadot, Helvetin Enkelit saivat 1960-luvulla pelkällä hurjalla maineellaan kokonaiset kaupungit kauhun valtaan. Gonzojournalisti Hunter S. Thompson päätti ottaa totuuden selville Helvetin Enkeleistä ja vietti vuoden tien päällä heid[...]