Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
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| Rating | : | 4.94 (883 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0007204485 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 512 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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A classic! . With the same drug-addled alacrity and jaundiced wit that made Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas a hilarious hit, Hunter S. Thompson turns his savage eye and gonzo heart to the repellent and seductive race for President. He deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of idealist George McGovern and political hack Richard Nixon, ending up with a political vision that is eerily prophetic
"As relevant as ever before." according to MilesK2011. Great political commentary from Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. His introspection of the 68' election carries a stong resonance to the political climate we find ourselves in today. Thompson's journalistic voice is a breath of fresh in a field which far to often today finds itself printing what sells copies rather than truth. One can wish Thompson were still around today to provid. "Gonzo at its best" according to Klaus Stiefel. I read this book as an appetizer for the current US presidential election campaign. And what an appetizer it is - akin to a halopenio shrimp cocktail with mescalin! It would have been an even better starter for the 200Gonzo at its best Klaus Stiefel I read this book as an appetizer for the current US presidential election campaign. And what an appetizer it is - akin to a halopenio shrimp cocktail with mescalin! It would have been an even better starter for the 2004 election, with which the 1972 election (featured here) shared many features: An incumbent hated by all the progressives at home and everybody in the rest . election, with which the 1972 election (featured here) shared many features: An incumbent hated by all the progressives at home and everybody in the rest . Gonzo journalism at its twisted zenith. Beeblebrox Anyone wishing to truly understand the Age of Nixon should have three books in their collection: The Final Days by Woodward 7 Bernstein; The Arrogance of Power: The Secret World of Richard Nixon by Anthony Summers; and Fear & Loathing: On The Campaign Trail '72.True, in this book Thompson focuses most of his attention and energy on the Democratic primary -- but that prima
His books include Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 and Generation of Swine. His books include I, Leonardo and the bestselling illustrated Animal Farm. Hunter S. Thompson is incomparably the most celebrated exponent of the New Journalism. . Ralph Steadman is one of Britain's best-known cartoonists and illustrators
Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine alongside the establishment newsmen of Washington. The result is a classic piece of subversive reportage and a fantastic ride on the rollercoaster of Hunter's uniquely savage imagination. The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In his own words, written years before Watergate: 'It is Nixon himself who represents that dark, venal and incurably violent side of the American character almost every other country in the world has learned to fear and despise.'. In 1972 Hunter S