Gonzo
by Hunter S Thompson
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Author: Hunter S ThompsonEditor: Steve Crist
Introduction: Johnny Depp
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN: 097860766X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: AMMO Books
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Book Review: That old, stupid saying still applies
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is simply a must-have for fans of the Good Doctor. The pictures provide something of an intimacy between the reader/viewer and the truly extraordinary life of Hunter S. Thompson. (N.B.: What's truly rewarding is reading his anthologized letters--"The Proud Highway," etc.--while checking out all these photos.)
The book begins with a stark black spread with Thompson's should-be famous quote & question: "So we shall let the reader answer this question for himself: Who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived, or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?" After the customary inclusion of the brilliant Thompson-composed news release relating his discharge from the Air Force, we're faced with a rather warm B&W spread featuring a young Hunter asleep with his head on his wristwatch'd arm, surrounded by paper cups, Schlitz cans and onlooking Press/Radio representatives, who at the time could never have known the abilities and future of the tired young man sleeping next to them One can only assume he was resting up ahead of time for all the great work he'd soon be doing. It really is a great way to kick off the game.
The pictures, which are all presented in a very nice and interesting way (from full-page and in color or B&W to tiny reproduced scans of a streaming set), are here and there headed by a few words from the Man Himself. And of course, we get at moments a glimpse of his writing, some of it early, unedited, profane and all of it gorgeously HST, just what we like. The detail of the photos is mesmerizing. The quality, I mean. And furthermore, this tremendous collection goes to show that Thompson had a great eye for photography. You won't find such a beautiful collection anywhere else. Simply, the man could take pictures just as well as he could talk football, bash Bush and deflate Nixon.
Get a load of the "Rum Diary Days" and "Big Sur" chapters. These are poignant illustrations to all of Thompson's cackling work, from his hysterically entertaining letters to his long-lost-&-then-finally-published first novel. I would say my favorite page consists of Thompson's self-portrait where he's on the road to Tijuana, in his car, a serious look on his face and wearing black crossbar shades. (It's the same as the photo on the cover of the book, except in B&W.) Is this not the epitome of Cool?
Anyway, you get the point. A great collection of photos of an exemplary life all the way from early fear and loathing to his larger-than-anything funeral, where we're once again reminded that it never got "weird enough" for the Good Doctor, and added to this an intro from his close friend Johnny Depp (that name might sound familiar), GONZO is a must-have for every HST fan and really, for any fan of photography. This is one badass mofo of a book and it rocks.
Summary of Gonzo
Gonzo is a tour de force that will take you into the world of American writer and iconoclast Hunter S. Thompson.
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