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

By Hunter S. Thompson

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'The music made by the language resembles gunfire, or an exploding grenade ... he fires off missives as though they were missiles' - Observer

'Very few editions of collected letters are worth reading from cover to cover, but this is one' - Scotland on Sunday

'There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them' - Tom Wolfe
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Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, Hunter S. Thompson is back with another astonishing volume of private correspondence, the highly anticipated follow-up to The Proud Highway.

Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend: 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 Thompson's dispatches from these years - addressed to authors and friends, enemies, editors and creditors, and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe and Kurt Vonnegut - is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Dec 4, 2014
• ISBN: 9781408861936

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. His books include Hell’s Angels, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ‘72, The Rum Diary, and Better than Sex. He died in February 2005.

Reviews for Fear and Loathing in America

[stembo73 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

want to know what high graed blotter aiced is then this is the book

[davenportsdream · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Anyone coming to the game at this point to buy this book has a damn good idea of what they have in store for them. I just finished pouring through this monster and it was a real slog in several spots. This book would be a great piece to pick up at any point and read a few pages and set it back down. The book is in chronological order as far as the dates of letters and it follows a semi-coherent narrative but becomes quite tedious to read Thompson saying the same things over and over in spots. All of that being said, it still has many fascinating spots from what can be considered Thompson's fertile period of writing. If you are wanting to get a real detailed idea of what made Thompson tick and how his ideas came together then this is a great pickup and read, but don't expect to be wowed by any fantastic prose or a rough version of Fear and Loathing. What you will get a some hilarious letters back and forth between Thompson and numerous folks.

[obracken_2 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting in parts, but not consistently. Only die-hard fans need apply, particularly those interested in the grand narrative of Thompson's life as well as his work.