Ancient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompson
Editat de Anita Thompson Introducere de Christopher Hitchensen Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 iul 2009
Bristling
with
inspired
observations
and
wild
anecdotes,
this
first
collection
offers
a
unique
insight
into
the
voice
and
mind
of
the
inimitable
Hunter
S.
Thompson,
as
recorded
in
the
pages
ofPlayboy,The
Paris
Review,Esquire,
and
elsewhere.
Fearless
and
unsparing,
the
interviews
detail
some
of
the
most
storied
episodes
of
Thompson's
life:
a
savage
beating
at
the
hands
of
the
Hells
Angels,
talking
football
with
Nixon
on
the
1972
Campaign
Trail
(“the
only
time
in
20
years
of
listening
to
the
treacherous
bastard
that
I
knew
he
wasn't
lying”),
and
his
unlikely
run
for
sheriff
of
Aspen.
Elsewhere,
passionate
tirades
about
journalism,
culture,
guns,
drugs,
and
the
law
showcase
Thompson's
voice
at
its
fiercest.
Arranged chronologically, and prefaced with Anita Thompson's moving account of her husband's last years, the interviews present Hunter in all his fractured brilliance and provide an exceptional portrait of his times.
Arranged chronologically, and prefaced with Anita Thompson's moving account of her husband's last years, the interviews present Hunter in all his fractured brilliance and provide an exceptional portrait of his times.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780306816512
ISBN-10: 0306816512
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0306816512
Pagini: 432
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.5 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
Colecția Da Capo Press
Locul publicării:United States
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Notă biografică
Anita
Thompsonwas
Hunter
S.
Thompson's
wife
and
assistant.
She
is
the
author
ofThe
Gonzo
Way,
a
celebration
of
Thompson's
legacy,
and
lives
in
Woody
Creek,
outside
of
Aspen,
Colorado.
Recenzii
Blogcritics.org
and
AssociatedContent.com,
9/8
“A marvelous read for fans…Hunter, by way of his editor and widow Anita Thompson, presents an autobiography of sorts through his responses to questions in print, in a lecture hall, on television, and online. Anita does a great job providing footnotes to make clear what is being discussed in the conversations…Provide[s] a very good portrait of the man and his work.” New York Press9/9
“Features previously unpublished interviews from 1974 to 2005 studded with outrageous anecdotes and quotes and some plain-old folk wisdom from the ‘Doctor,’ as he liked to call himself.”
HybridMagazine.com, 10/9
“An important part of any library dedicated to The Doctor of Divinity, The Creator of Gonzo Journalism, the man that faced ‘The Fear’ headlong and survived…The book is a superb chronological collection of interviews…The interviews used here in this fine collection are wide ranging…With a collection as good asAncient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompsonwe get a good glimpse inside the literary giant that created Gonzo Journalism.”
Roanoke Times, 8/23
“Thompson may have seemed to treat Q&As like a lark, but he used them to promote an image of himself, increasingly that of a crazed, politically obsessed Yosemite Sam behind a typewriter. That persona is on full display inAncient Gonzo Wisdom, a career-spanning collection of interviews, transcripts and profiles…Ancient is a solid overview.”
Waterbury’s Republican-American, 9/6
“Worthy of being placed on the shelf alongside [Thompson’s] reportage and letters, to put a lie to the image that he was an out of control madman who got by on attitude alone. Indeed, the real lesson upon reading this book is that Thompson was as serious a journalist as we had in this country over the past four decades.”
“A marvelous read for fans…Hunter, by way of his editor and widow Anita Thompson, presents an autobiography of sorts through his responses to questions in print, in a lecture hall, on television, and online. Anita does a great job providing footnotes to make clear what is being discussed in the conversations…Provide[s] a very good portrait of the man and his work.” New York Press9/9
“Features previously unpublished interviews from 1974 to 2005 studded with outrageous anecdotes and quotes and some plain-old folk wisdom from the ‘Doctor,’ as he liked to call himself.”
HybridMagazine.com, 10/9
“An important part of any library dedicated to The Doctor of Divinity, The Creator of Gonzo Journalism, the man that faced ‘The Fear’ headlong and survived…The book is a superb chronological collection of interviews…The interviews used here in this fine collection are wide ranging…With a collection as good asAncient Gonzo Wisdom: Interviews with Hunter S. Thompsonwe get a good glimpse inside the literary giant that created Gonzo Journalism.”
Roanoke Times, 8/23
“Thompson may have seemed to treat Q&As like a lark, but he used them to promote an image of himself, increasingly that of a crazed, politically obsessed Yosemite Sam behind a typewriter. That persona is on full display inAncient Gonzo Wisdom, a career-spanning collection of interviews, transcripts and profiles…Ancient is a solid overview.”
Waterbury’s Republican-American, 9/6
“Worthy of being placed on the shelf alongside [Thompson’s] reportage and letters, to put a lie to the image that he was an out of control madman who got by on attitude alone. Indeed, the real lesson upon reading this book is that Thompson was as serious a journalist as we had in this country over the past four decades.”
National
Public
Radio
“This amusing collection pulls from 30 years of conversations and reveals the gonzo journalist to be much more of a craftsman than he is often given credit for being. It would, in fact, make a great gift to any budding journalist.”
“This amusing collection pulls from 30 years of conversations and reveals the gonzo journalist to be much more of a craftsman than he is often given credit for being. It would, in fact, make a great gift to any budding journalist.”