Description: Indisputably a literary milestone, the public revelation of the private and most intimate letters of Hunter S. Thompson lays bare--better than even the most in-depth biography could ever do--the development, growth, and genius of one of America's most influential journalists. "Deliriously entertaining".--"Time".
Review Quotes: "Deliriously entertaining."--Time
"Brilliantly bizarre . . . a celebration of the '60s."--USA Today "A great book by a great American . . . Thompson has become the F. Scott Fitzgerald of our time."--The Washington Post "Wicked humor and bracing political conviction."--The New York Times "Enormously humorous . . . tremendous fun . . . One of Thompson's most significant books."--The Dallas Morning News "One of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, both for his vibrant prose style and his career-long autopsy on the death of the American dream."--San Francisco Examiner "A careening, chaotic rollercoaster ride through time. Crackling electrical charged fused from the Fires of Hell. Direction. Purpose. Energy."--William S. Burroughs