FREE: When the Going Gets Weird - unauthorized biography of Hunter S Thompson

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From Library Journal
Because the 1960s lifestyle has become an item of fascination for many Americans, it seems fitting that Hunter S. Thompson, one of its symbols, has become the subject of several new biographies (E. Jean Carroll's Hunter: The Strange and Savage Life of Hunter S. Thompson , previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 10/15/92, and Paul Perry's Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson , Thunder's Mouth, 1993). Whitmer, author of Aquarius Revisited ( LJ 7/87), has produced an unvarnished picture of a self-destructive writer at work and at "play." Fueled by alcohol and drugs, Thompson's raw, angry style of writing came to be called "gonzo" journalism. Writing of politicians from Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton and events from Vietnam to the Kentucky Derby, Thompson has covered the American scene for a number of newspapers and magazines, but he is most closely associated with Rolling Stone. In many ways, this is a sad story of a creative person who wasted much of his talent. Recommended for biography and popular culture collections.