Doing Things The Gonzo Way
The Imbiber’s good friend Anita Thompson was in LA this week for a signing of her new book, The Gonzo Way: A Celebration of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. It’s a must-read for fans of Anita’s late husband, as well as anyone who – you know – just gets it.
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.
Click here to purchase The Gonzo
Way at Amazon.com
By Dan Dunn
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