Outlaw Journalist
The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson
5 January 2015
Territory Rights — Worldwide including Canada, but excluding the British Commonwealth.
Description
"Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging…but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post
Hunter S. Thompson detonated a two-ton bomb under the staid field of journalism with his magazine pieces and revelatory Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. In Outlaw Journalist, the famous inventor of Gonzo journalism is portrayed as never before. Through in-depth interviews with Thompson’s associates, William McKeen gets behind the drinking and the drugs to show the man and the writer—one who was happy to be considered an outlaw and for whom the calling of journalism was life.
Reviews
"A definitive biography. . . . [McKeen] presents the life of this gifted yet troubled artist, warts and all, and he also takes the full measure of Thompson’s journalistic accomplishment . . . a comprehensive portrait." — Louisville Courier-Journal
"Essential." — Miami Herald
"The best record to date of Thompson’s life." — New York Observer
"Read it or die." — Greg Palast
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