Journalist, maverick, rebel and author of Fear and Loathing in Las
Vegas Hunter S. Thompson offers another novel of American
counterculture in Hell's Angels, beautifully repackaged as part of
the Penguin Essentials range. 'A phalanx of motorcycles came
roaring over the hill from the west... the noise was like a
landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the
Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like
Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of
Nanking all at once.' In September, 1964 a cavalcade of motorbikes
ripped through the city of Monterey, California. It was a trip
destined to make Hell's Angels household names across America,
infamous for their violent, drunken rampages and feared for the
destruction left in their wake. Enter Hunter S. Thompson, the
master of counter-culture journalism who alone had the ability and
stature to ride with the Angels on their terms. In this brilliant
and hair-raising expose, he journeys with the last outlaws of the
American frontier. A mixture of journalism, story-telling and sheer
bravado, Hell's Angels is Hunter S. Thompson at full throttle.
'Excellent documentary non-fiction' Time Out 'The maverick voice of
American counterculture' Guardian 'There are only two adjectives
writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and
Hunter has a freehold on both of them' Tom Wolfe 'The book that
made Thompson's name' Loaded Hunter S. Thompson was born in
Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. He began his writing career as a
sports columnist in Florida and went on to work on newspapers and
magazines in New York, San Juan and Rio de Janeiro. His articles
appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone magazine and the San Francisco
Chronicle. He is the author of a number of books, including Fear
and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail
'72, The Great Shark Hunt, Generation of Swine, The Curse of Lono,
Songs of the Doomed, Better Than Sex, The Proud Highway and The Rum
Diary. Hunter S. Thompson died in 2005.
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