Hunter S Thompson

>>9572984
Fear an Loathing is great, but F&L on the campaign trail is his absolute best, and desu, some of the best writing I've ever read. Funny, sincere, scathing, honest.

>>9572984
i'm not that into f&l actually but i like his other shit, the hell's angels book, the various stories in great shark hunt, and most of all f&l on the campaign trail 72.

campaign trail is the best thing by him i've read but it might be hard to follow if you're not familiar with that election, because he wrote that as election coverage for rolling stone and assumes the reader knows what's happening. what i've done is read it after first reading nixonland, the last part of which concerns the 72 election from a more detached historical perspective, and then you get this immediate, subjective, emotional take on the same events from f&l on the campaign trail.

>>9572984
He's just ok.

Really liked Fear and Loathing and Rum Diaries, but then again I haven't yet read much else by him. Those two are my essential summer reads tbqh lads.

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>>9572984
the second vol of his letters was a good read , sad that the third will never come out

Could anyone explain to me what exactly is AMERICAN DREAM?

>>9572984
Take a pseud and pump him full of hallucinogens and he's still a pseud.

>>9573884
>hey guys, i only watched the gilliam movie but i have opinions

meh wasn't for me, I didn't think it was bad but there was something about the writing style I didn't like, it felt somewhat schizophrenic, but not in a good way.

decent writer but a sad and broken person whose life should serve as a warning on how not to live. unfortunately his more zealous fans ignore his works and rather just admire his "lifestyle"

Great. The essay about the Kentucky Derby is a searing indictment of class in America.