The kingdom of fear : loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century / Hunter S. Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Hunter S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thompson, Hunter S.

Journalists--United States--Biography.

Journalists.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Autobiographies.

Physical Description:

xx, 354 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon & Schuster, [2003]

Summary:

Brilliant, provocative, outrageous, and brazen, Hunter S. Thompson's infamous rule breaking -- in his journalism, in his life, and under the law -- changed the shape of American letters and the face of American icons. Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Thompson's life as a rebel -- from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flaunting all authority to a convention-defying journalist who came to personify a wild fusion of fact, fiction, and mind-altering substances. Call it the evolution of an outlaw. Here are the formative experiences that comprise Thompson's legendary trajectory alongside the weird and the ugly. Whether detailing his exploits as a foreign correspondent in Rio, his job as night manager of the notorious O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, his epic run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Power ticket, or the sensational legal maneuvering that led to his full acquittal in the famous 99 Days trial, Thompson is at the peak of his narrative powers in Kingdom of Fear. And this boisterous, blistering ride illuminates as never before the professional and ideological risk taking of a literary genius and transgressive icon.

Contents:

Memo from the Sports Desk xvii

When the Going Gets Weird, the Weird Turn Pro 3

The Mailbox: Louisville, Summer of 1946 3

Would You Do It Again? 8

The Witness 19

There Is No Such Thing as Paranoia 29

Strange Lusts and Terrifying Memories 29

Rape in Cherokee Park 33

God Might Forgive You, but I Won't 34

The New Dumb 40

In the Belly of the Beast 42

Sally Loved Football Players 44

Paris Review #156 46

What Marijuana? 53

Lynching in Denver 55

The Felony Murder Law

Don't Let This Happen to You 60

Jesus Hated Bald Pussy 65

Politics Is the Art of Controlling Your Environment 71

Running for Sheriff: Aspen 1970 71

Sunday Night at the Fontainebleau 97

Memo from the Sheriff 102

Dealing with the D.A.

Before and After 106

Saturday Night in Aspen 112

Witness II 116

Seize the Night 144

The Night Manager 144

16 Alexander 153

Where Were You When the Fun Stopped? 160

September 11, 2001 161

Speedism 168

Rules for Driving Fast 168

Song of the Sausage Creature 172

The Lion and the Cadillac 177

Geerlings & the War Minister's Son 180

Yesterday's Weirdness Is Tomorrow's Reason Why 187

Letter to John Walsh 189

The Foreign Correspondent 193

May You Live in Interesting Times 193

Last Days of Saigon 194

One Hand Clapping 196

The Invasion of Grenada 199

Ambassador to Cuba 217

Witness III 241

Letter from Lawyer Goldstein 277

It Never Got Weird Enough for Me 282

Fear and Loathing in Elko 285

Heeere's Johnny! 316

Kiss, Kiss 326

The War on Fat 330

Welcome to the Fourth Reich 332

Amor Vincit Omnia 335

The White Helicopter 335

Hey Rube, I Love You 338

Fear and Loathing at the Taco Stand 345.

ISBN:

0684873230

OCLC:

50919989