What does /lit/ think about this book and New Journalism in general?

cancer

HS Thompson and Wolfe are treats to read. Totally exhilarating stylistically, and genuinely insightful to boot. I haven't actually read that particular work though.

I've also read a bit of Hersey and Talese, Hiroshima and Frank Sinatra Has a Cold respectively; neither are as audacious in their style as the aforementioned, but they seem like quality journalists and gifted storytellers.

Been meaning to check out Didion and Capote's In Cold Blood.

>>8584481
Why so?

>>8584498
Agreed. Especially HST. People seem to think of him as just a "drug writer" but there's so much more to his work. Beautiful writing hidden underneath the whole "comedy disguised as jouralism" facade.

reading kool-aid acid test rn
its ok but i wonder how much of the book is fiction and where the small details are coming from and it throws me off too much for me to take it seriously journalism-wise but the writing's cool

>>8584519
It's more fun to pretend it's all real

>>8584519
>where the small details are coming from
he took notes m8