The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
by Anita Thompson
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Author: Anita ThompsonForeword: Douglas Brinkley
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-08-15
ISBN: 1555916228
Number of pages: 112
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Book Reviews of The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Book Review: Banal but endearing
Summary: 3 Stars
Look, The book is ok. But the problem is Anita is a light-weight who has taken much too heavy a load for her subject. I have corresponded with her on several occasions and while at first she seemed able to hang in, during the final e-mails she so badly misinterpreted by motives and actual statements that she claimed to have called the "authorities" on me! She went on to call me a "Republican" when my statements were clearly as left-leaning and anarchic as her late husband (which was kinda my point-- a point she missed. lol)
Anyway, the point of this little rechauffe of our personal issues is to meant as prologue to this: she is just too shallow and obtuse a person to handle HST as a subject for a book. Thus, the work is a bit banal and leaves one sighing a bit after each Hallmarkism. But her sweetness (when her stupidity isn't tangling her feet) is genuine and overall I'm glad I read the book.
Although, I bet she would have called the FBI on HST himself if he had written her a letter... ha ha. Hunter deserves a better chronicler-- but if you can get a copy of this one for under 5 bucks go for it.
Summary of The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
The writer Tom Wolfe once described Hunter S. Thompson as the finest comic writer of the 20th century. Thompson was this and more, an apt observer of the American scene for almost four decades, the founding father of "Gonzo Journalism," and an inspiration to many. Through his writings, he examined the loss of American innocence in the latter part of the 20th century and, as a "bull who carried his own china shop around with him," was never afraid to confront the truth head-on.In The Gonzo Way, Anita Thompson pays tribute to her late husband as a writer and as a citizen, through her own words and through interviews with those who knew him best, including Tom Wolfe, George McGovern, and Douglas Brinkley. With elegant prose and entertaining anecdotes, she reveals a Hunter Thompson who was much more than a mere embodiment of sex, drugs, and rock-and-roll.
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