A biography of the famed gonzo journalist who put Fear and Loathing into America's political lexicon. Turbo-journalist E. Jean Carroll delivers the shocking truth about the man who was the inspiration for Uncle Duke in the Doonesbury comic strip--his wild forays into politics, shark-hunting, the Hell's Angels, guns, whiskey, and drugs. 8-page photo insert.
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A biography of the famed gonzo journalist who put Fear and Loathing into America's political lexicon. Turbo-journalist E. Jean Carroll delivers the shocking truth about the man who was the inspiration for Uncle Duke in the Doonesbury comic strip--his wild forays into politics, shark-hunting, the Hell's Angels, guns, whiskey, and drugs. 8-page photo insert.
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photographs. New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 352 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. From the pen of E. Jean Carroll--yes that one, who got Trump convicted on sexual assault charges--comes this biography of the journalist who was the inspiration for Doonesbury's Uncle Duke. It features material culled from interviews with family, friends, ex-lovers, and such figures as Tom McGuane, George McGovern, Gay Talese, and others. Photo illustrated. Brand new from 1993, first edition, first printing. A pristine book with no flaws. From Publishers Weekly: Freelancer Carroll, who apparently debauched with the legendary gonzo journalist, recounts her experiences here in the precious, faux gonzo voice of a semi-fictionalized alter ego, Laetitia Snap ("Truth being excusable in a Biographer..."). She intersperses her Thompson escapades with an oral biography, assembling quotes rather than crafting a narrative. Carroll's interviewees--including Thompson's brother, mother, ex-girlfriend, ex-wife, colleagues, even George McGovern--offer many interesting observations on her subject's alienated youth, writing style, celebrityhood, behavior and journalistic influence. "He's both ultimately sane and crazy, " declares one friend....
Add this copy of Hunter the Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. to cart. $94.48, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1993 by Dutton.