Hunter S. Thompson

From the bestselling author of The Rum Diary and king of "Gonzo" journalism Hunter S. Thompson, comes the definitive collection of the journalist's finest work from Rolling Stone. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home. "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. Jann S. Wenner, the outlaw journalist's friend and editor for nearly thirty-five years, has assembled articles--and a wealth of never- before-seen correspondence and internal memos from Hunter's storied tenure at Rolling Stone--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 and plenty of attention paid to Richard Nixon; encounters with Muhammad Ali, Bill Clinton, and the Super Bowl; and a lengthy excerpt from his acknowledged masterpiece, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. The definitive volume of Hunter S. Thompson's work published in the magazine, Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone traces the evolution of a personal and professional relationship that helped redefine modern American journalism, presenting Thompson through a new prism as he pursued his lifelong obsession: The life and death of the American Dream.

... oväsendet var som ett jordskred, eller en överflygande formation bombplan. Trots att jag kände Angels rätt väl vid det här laget kunde jag inte riktigt hantera vad jag såg. Det var som en blandning av Djingis Khans härjningar, Morgan s Raiders, vild ungdom och våldtäktsarmén i Nanking... Stora, tunga motorcyklar, skitig denim och en mullrande föraning av annalkande våld He

A compilation of the subversive, important and entertaining writer of Hunter S. Thompson - renowned American writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'It would not do to be found in the desert under these circumstances: firing wildly into the cactus from a car full of drugs...'Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the evolution of the writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels, through his work at the magazine that he helped to put on the map. Jann S. Wenner, Hunter Thompson's editor and friend for nearly thirty-five years, has chosen the pieces, including many never collected before. They show how Thompson's Rolling Stone writing, when taken as a whole, forms an extended, allusive autobiography of the writer himself as he pursues his lifelong obsession, the king-hell story of them all: The Death of the American Dream.

Det hele begynner i 1965, da redaktøren i The Nation ber Thompson skrive en artikkel om motorsykkelgjengen Hell's Angels. Thompson får raskt tilbud om å utvide artikkelen til en bok, og bestemmer seg for å følge Hell's Angels i et år. Som sagt, så gjort. I løpet av dette året får Thompson et unikt innblikk i gjengens brutale liv, kodeks og rutiner - helt til det hele får en brå slutt da en slengbemerkning fra Thompson fører til at han blir mishandlet av en rekke gjengmedlemmer. Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) var en amerikansk journalist og forfatter. Han ble kjent for sin pulserende fortellerstil.

"A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west… the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once." In September, 1964 a cavalcade of motorbikes ripped through the city of Monterey, California. It was a trip destined to make Hell's Angels household names across America, infamous for their violent, drunken rampages and feared for the destruction left in their wake. Enter Hunter S. Thompson, the master of counter-culture journalism who alone had the ability and stature to ride with the Angels on their terms. In this brilliant and hair-raising expose, he journeys with the last outlaws of the American frontier. A mixture of journalism, story-telling and sheer bravado, Hell's Angels is Hunter S. Thompson at full throttle.

_____________'Brilliant' - Observer'Vivid, hyperactive, combative, ferociously intelligent and iconoclastic' - Guardian'Splendidly corrosive' - Independent_____________The Proud Highway is a literary milestone. The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson’s intimate letters begins with a high school essay written in 1955, and takes us through 1967, when the publication of Hell’s Angels made the author an international celebrity. Thompson’s prolific and often profound correspondence gives us an unforgettable insight into the world during the Cold War era, as well as an authoritative introduction to the cultural revolution of the sixties. With a vicious eye for detail and rude wit he writes to such luminaries as Norman Mailer, Tom Wolfe, Lyndon Johnson and Joan Baez. These letters represent the evolution of the original, a singular voice defying an era of banality, and cements Thompson’s reputation as one of the great romantic journalistic figures of our time.

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 kämpar för sin överlevnad i 50-talets Karibien, och där oberäkneliga arbetskamrater, dubbelspelande chefer och våldsamma lokalinvånare gör tillvaron osäker. När Paul presenteras för kollegan Yeamon vars betagande flickvän Chenault får honom att svettas av lusta så kompliceras tillvaron ytterligare. I ett kokande San Juan fyllt av korruption, galenskap och fylla utspelar sig snart ett komplicerat triangeldrama som, när verkligheten gör sig påmind, leder fram till en oundviklig och våldsam upplösning. Romträsket (The Rum Diary) är den amerikanske kultförfattaren Hunter S. Thompsons enda roman. Det är en svettig och romindränkt berättelse om lust, avundsjuka och våld bland hårdföra journalister och fifflare i i 50-talets Puerto Rico. Filmen The Rum Diary i regi av Bruce Robinson och med Johnny Depp och Amber Heard i huvudrollerna får svensk premiär under 2010/2011. RÖSTER OM BOKEN "Sanslös, fullständigt verklighetstrogen och tragisk ... En spänstig, slipad diamant till roman, som lämnar läsaren smått störd och flinande." - Scotland on Sunday "Bullrig, skruvad och med bra driv en shot gonzo med en rom vid sidan." - San Francisco Chronicle. "Vild, skarp, arg, cynisk och sarkastisk ... En rolig bok som vid en jämförelse kommer att få ditt eget liv att verka tråkigt." - Scene OM FÖRFATTAREN Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) var en ryktbar amerikansk journalist och författare. Han använde sig själv som huvudperson och spegel i nästan allt han skrev och döpte sin stil till Gonzo. Han skrev regelbundet i Rolling Stone. Hans böcker, numera amerikanska klassiker, hittar ständigt nya läsare. Andra titlar av Hunter S. Thompson på svenska:Hell's Angels - en sällsam och skrämmande legendSkräck och avsky i Las Vegas - en vild tripp till hjärtat av The American Dream

With long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips and Harleys flashing chrome, the Hell's Angels erupted into 1960s America paralysing whole towns with fear. This title documents the author's experiences when he determined to discover the truths behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs.

Aktuell zu den US-Präsidentschaftswahlen im November 2008 Zwölf Monate aus dem Leben des legendären Gonzojournalisten: 1972 hat Hunter S. Thompson die Tour des amerikanischen Präsidentschaftswahlkampfes begleitet und in diesem Buch schonungslos Bilanz gezogen. Er enthüllt die Intrigen hinter den Kulissen des Wahlkampfes und entlarvt dabei die Mechanismen des politischen Machtkampfes. Ein kritisches Statement, das noch immer Gültigkeit hat. "Der beste Bericht über amerikanische Politik." The New York Times Book Review "Eine einzige Sensation! Ein Buch, das auf der Hand brennt." Tom Wolfe "Der beste, hippste und unorthodoxeste Bericht, den Sie je gelesen haben!" San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle

Die legendären Gonzo-Reportagen erstmals auf Deutsch Mit seinen Gonzo Papers wurde Hunter S. Thompson zu einem der bedeutendsten Schriftsteller Amerikas. Dieser einmalige Band versammelt jetzt erstmals die besten Reportagen und Artikel aus vier Jahrzehnten schonungslosem Journalismus. Ein absolutes Muss für alle Thompson-Fans! Mit dem Tod von Hunter S. Thompson verlor die Welt nicht nur ihren wohl unbestechlichsten, schonungslosesten und scharfzüngigsten Reporter, sondern auch einen Schriftsteller, der zu den ganz Großen der amerikanischen Literatur gezählt werden muss. Wie niemand vor ihm ging er mit den Verfehlungen, der Doppelmoral und der bigotten Heuchelei der westlichen Gesellschaft ins Gericht. Dieser Band vereint die besten Reportagen des genialen Erfinders des Gonzo-Journalismus aus vier Jahrzehnten unermüdlichen Kampfes gegen ein korruptes, verlogenes System. Von vorderster Front aus berichtet Thompson über die Missstände, denen er auf seinen unzähligen Reisen begegnet. Drogen, Politik, Armut - seine Nachrichten vom Rande des Abgrunds sind aufrüttelnd, erschütternd, aber auch hellsichtig, ätzend komisch und der Beweis für Thompsons großes schriftstellerisches Können. "Amerikas letzter Gerechter." Der Spiegel "Die Rebellion wird nicht mit Hunters Tod zu Ende sein. Andere engagierte und furchtlose Autoren werden sein Werk fortsetzen." Keith Richards "Thompson ist unter den amerikanischen Journalisten der beste Schriftsteller, und unter den Schriftstellern ist er der beste Journalist." Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung

In seinen endlich auch auf Deutsch vorliegenden Memoiren lässt Hunter S. Thompson noch einmal sein turbulentes Leben Revue passieren. Von seinen Anfängen als aufsässiger Jugendlicher in Louisville über unzählige Exzesse bis hin zu seinen legendären politischen Aktivitäten ist Königreich der Angst nicht zuletzt eine gnadenlose Abrechnung mit der gegenwärtigen amerikanischen Administration.

Sports, politics, and sex collide in Hunter S. Thompson's wildly popular ESPN.com columns. From the author of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and father of "Gonzo" journalism comes Hey Rube, featuring a new introduction from popular sports host Ryen Russillo. Insightful, incendiary, outrageously brilliant, such was the man who galvanized American journalism with his radical ideas and gonzo tactics. For over half a century, Hunter S. Thompson devastated his readers with his acerbic wit and uncanny grasp of politics and history. His reign as "The Unabomber of contemporary letters" (Time) is more legendary than ever with Hey Rube. Fear, greed, and action abound in this hilarious, thought-provoking compilation as Thompson doles out searing indictments and uproarious rants while providing commentary on politics, sex, and sports--at times all in the same column. With an enlightening foreword by ESPN executive editor John Walsh, critics' favorites, and never-before-published columns, Hey Rube follows Thompson through the beginning of the new century, revealing his queasiness over the 2000 election ("rigged and fixed from the start"); his take on professional sports (to improve Major League Baseball "eliminate the pitcher"); and his myriad controversial opinions and brutally honest observations on issues plaguing America―including the Bush administration and the inequities within the American judicial system. Hey Rube gives us a lasting look at the gonzo journalist in his most organic form―unbridled, astute, and irreverent.

The first volume of the Gonzo papers brings together a selection of the legendary American journalist's articles, cultural commentary, rants, and essays on subjects ranging from the Super Bowl and Watergate to napalm, Las Vegas, Hemingway, Brando, sharks and drugs. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.

From the bestselling author of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas," the legendary Hunter S. Thompson's second volume of the "Gonzo Papers" is back. G"eneration of Swine" collects hundreds of columns from the infamous journalist's 1980s tenure at the "San Francisco Examiner." Here, against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade shows, Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best―covering emblematic events such as the 1987-88 presidential campaign, with Vice President George Bush, Sr., fighting for his life against Republican competitors like Alexander Haig, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson; detailing the GOP's obsession with drugs and drug abuse; while at the same time capturing momentous social phenomena as they occurred, like the rise of cable, satellite TV, and CNN―24 hours of mainline news. Showcasing his inimitable talent for social and political analysis, Generation of Swine is vintage Thompson―eerily prescient, incisive, and enduring.

From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics.'A phalanx of motorcycles cam roaring over the hill from the west ... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing.' Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear. But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter S. Thompson, Dr Gonzo himself, the man who saw the fear and loathing at the heart of the American dream. Determined to discover the truth behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs, Thompson spent a year on the road with the Angels, documenting his hair-raising experiences with Charger Charley, Big Frank, Little Jesus and the Gimp. Hell's Angels is the hair-raising result: a free-wheeling, impressionistic counter-culture classic that made Hunter S. Thompson's name as the wild man of American writing. Hunter S. Thompson (1937 - 2005) began writing as a sports columnist in Florida. He has worked on newspapers and magazines, becoming South American correspondent for the National Observer. His novels include: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972 and The Great Shark Hunt. If you enjoyed Hell's Angels, you might like William S. Burroughs' Junky, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.'Excellent documentary non-fiction'Time Out'There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them'Tom Wolfe'The first rock-star writer'Guardian

As knights of old buckled on armour of supernatural power, so Hunter S. Thompson enters Las Vegas armed with a veritable arsenal of "heinous chemicals". His perilous, drug-enhanced confrontations with the silent majority have a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror.

From the king of "Gonzo" journalism and bestselling author who brought you "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" comes another astonishing volume of letters by Hunter S. Thompson. Brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever, this second volume of Thompson's private correspondence is the highly anticipated follow-up to "The Proud Highway." When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced it "deliriously entertaining"; Rolling Stone called it "brilliant beyond description"; and "The New York Times" celebrated its "wicked humor and bracing political conviction." 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 the author's 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.

A compilation of letters written between 1968 and 1976, sent from the author to his friends, enemies, editors and creditors, including Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut. The letters are an eywitness account of political and social history in America.