Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937 and died in Colorado in 2005. He contributed regularly to a wide variety of publications but is probably best known for his work as national-affairs correspondent for Rolling Stone, in which Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail ’72 originally appeared. He originated “gonzo journalism,” in which the reporter is a part of the story. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was made into a major motion picture, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp.
“[A book] in the zonked, road-writing tradition of Jack
Kerouac.”—The New Republic, 1972
“A scorching, epochal sensation!”—Tom Wolfe
“What goes on in these pages makes Lenny Bruce seem angelic.”—The
New York Times, 1972
“He is really much more than a journalist. Not a journalist at all,
but one who sees—a seer.”—Edward Abbey
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