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Title: Proud Highway by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0-345-37796-6 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 07 April, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.72 (36 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Start with Hell's Angels, then move here
Comment: Did you ever secretly read someone's diary? You knew it was wrong but you couldn't help yourself. We do it because it offers a glimpse into a part of someone's personality that we may have not known. That's essentially what these letters are. When Thompson wrote them it's unlikely he ever intended for them to be open to the public. Although at one point he does make a prophetic statement about his suspicion that people like reading his letters better than his fiction. AND he did keep carbons of everything. No matter. This is completely entertaining. It's fascinating to the see the evolution of his writing and depth of his intellect. He really grows fangs and claws along the way and uses them, usually hilariously, to rip people to shreds. He says the things that we would want to but are afraid to. No one is off limits. Unfortunately, his incredible talent as a writer is overshadowed by his reputation for consuming freakish amounts of booze and pills. Everyone loves a freak show, right? But this shows his power--what made him great. If you're a writer, you'll especially love it. One note: If you've never read any Hunter Thompson, start with his breakout book, Hell's Angels, and then move here. Not only does Proud Highway culminate with the release of that book (which erupted Thompson's fame) but it also rumbles with energy and is a heck of a lot of fun.
Rating: 5
Summary: Good book
Comment: These are letters of Hunter S. Thompson. They range from letters to publishers to letters to his land lord. Great for the Thompson fanatic.
Rating: 5
Summary: Important for anyone in their early 20s
Comment: First, a disclaimer. Yes I realize that this, the volume that follows and the as of yet unreleased third volume, are all meant for die-hard fans and not introductory reading. Some would go so far as to claim that HST is now simply pandering and stoking his own personality cult.
That being said, despite whatever suspected intentions this book came out under, it has become one of my favorite "autobiography/memior collections" (shudder) ever. Any person interested in writing, travelling or living the unorthodox lifestyles we all really want to live, should read this while they're doing it.
The collection follows Thompson from his Louisville days editing the school newspaper and getting chased around by the local cops, to up-state NY, California and Colorado, all while trying to sell his first pieces of writing to magazines and newspapers and maintaining a life halfways on the road, halfways in the strangest of circles in the 1960s. Readers get to see the frustration (and hunger) of trying to make a living on words alone, then later the joy (and drinks) that success on one's own terms can bring.
In order to put the critics' claims to rest, I would say that even if this book were someone else's letters it would still be fantastic. That is to say, HST's "image" doesn't really play any role in making this a better read, but then again if that's what you're looking for, you might do better with "Fear and Loathing".
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Title: Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist 1968-1976 by Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley, David Halberstam ISBN: 068487315X Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 13 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Kingdom of Fear : Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0684873230 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0345410084 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 29 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Better Than Sex by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0345396359 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 22 August, 1995 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Generation of Swine : Gonzo Papers, Volume 2: Tales of Shame and Degredation in the '80s by Hunter S. Thompson ISBN: 0679722378 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 17 July, 1989 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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