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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone: The Essential Writing of Hunter S. Thompson (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Fear and Loathing at Rolling StoneThis definitive, hand-picked selection of Thompson's finest pieces ever published in "Rolling Stone" showcases the evolution of a writer and a magazine. The result is a vital inside glimpse of the rollicking spectacle of a writer at his peak, delivering the work of his career to the editor of the magazine that became his literary home.
Full description- Publisher: SIMON & SCHUSTER
- Published: 01 November 2011
- Format: Hardback 572 pages
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- Categories: Journalistic Style Guides | Literary Essays | Anthologies (non-poetry) | Popular Culture
- ISBN 13: 9781439165959 ISBN 10: 1439165955
- Sales rank: 34,650
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Full description for Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
The definitive collection of the king of gonzo journalism's finest work for ROLLING STONE "Buy the ticket, take the ride," was a favorite slogan of Hunter S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life. "Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone "showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home. Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist's friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles that begin with Thompson's infamous run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Party ticket in 1970 and end with his final piece on the Bush-Kerry showdown of 2004. In between is Thompson's remarkable coverage of the 1972 presidential campaign--a miracle of journalism under pressure--and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon, his bete noire; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Woven throughout is selected correspondence between Wenner and Thompson, most of it never before published. It traces the evolution of a personal and professional relationship that helped redefine modern American journalism, and also presents Thompson through a new prism as he pursued his lifelong obsession: The life and death of the American Dream.
