“One thing that this collection of letters makes clear at the outset is that Hunter S. Thompson, he of the 'Fear and Loathing' books, for whom the phrase ''gonzo journalist'' was invented, has always burned to carve his initials onto the collective awareness. ... It is noteworthy that although just one in seven of the relevant cache of letters was included, this book, labeled 'The Fear and Loathing Letters, Volume I,' weighs in at just under 700 pages -- and there are still 30 more years to go. Even some of the photographs of Mr. Thompson were taken by the author himself, self-portraits of the writer at work and at play. Manifestly, this is a man who, while anti-snobbish to a fault, abusively contemptuous of self-promotion and pretension, had a powerful need to make a record of himself and to make that record public. ...”
2014 April: Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas | Nov 11, 1971, 2017 June: Gonzo journalism
