by Hunter S. Thompson · Penguin Books, Limited (UK) · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141014227
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«Kingdom of Fear» is the memoir by Hunter S. Thompson, published by Penguin Books in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In this memoir, Hunter S. Thompson looks back over decades of fast living, alcohol and sharp writing: road trips with bourbon and acid, eccentric judges, giant porcupines, guns, motorcycles, his youth in Louisville, pornography and his campaign in Aspen. He also portrays the America of the Bush wars, a time of fear and loathing.
The full title is Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century. It was originally published on 4 March 2004.
Aimed at readers of memoirs and biographies, and at followers of Hunter S. Thompson's writing and gonzo journalism.
Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prominence with the book Hell's Angels (1967), for which he lived a year among the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. In 1970, he wrote an unconventional article titled "The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved" for Scanlan's Monthly, which further raised his profile as a countercultural figure. It also set him on the path to establish the subgenre of New Journalism that he called "Gonzo", a style in which the writer becomes central to, and participant in the narrative.
