Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist, 1968–1976

Summary

BRAZEN, INCISIVE, AND OUTRAGEOUS AS EVER, this astonishing volume of Hunter S. Thompson’s private correspondence spans the years between 1968 and 1976. This includes Thompson running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. To read these dispatches—addressed to the author’s friends, enemies, editors, and creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, and Ken Kesey—is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history. These never-before-published letters show the king of Gonzo journalism building his legend.

“A literary orgy of wicked irreverence.”—The Boston Globe