Hell's Angels

Samoloty latają nisko, wszędzie krążą koperty z wąglikiem, co drugi imigrant wydaje się terrorystą, a prezydent znów wypowiada komuś wojnę – krótko mówiąc: USA wkracza w nowe milenium. Jednakże właśnie wtedy, gdy kraj pogrąża się w totalnym chaosie, Hunter S. Thompson niespodziewanie powraca do swojej najwyższej formy, by po raz ostatni porwać czytelnika w brawurową jazdę bez trzymanki przez najbardziej pokręcone serpentyny niepokornej literatury. Tym razem „ojciec stylu gonzo” odkrywa przed nami wszystkie karty i obok błyskotliwej satyry na Amerykę XXI wieku dokonuje bezwstydnej konfesji z całego swego żywota. Potoczysty, niepowtarzalny język, iście szaleńcza narracja, niecenzuralne poczucie humoru, cały arsenał broni, wszechobecne wybuchy, sex, dr...

'It would not do to be found in the desert under these circumstances: firing wildly into the cactus from a car full of drugs' Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the evolution of the writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels, through his work at the magazine that he helped to put on the map. Jann S. Wenner, Hunter Thompson's editor and friend for nearly thirty-five years, has chosen the pieces, including many never collected before. They show how Thompson's Rolling Stone writing, when taken as a whole, forms an extended, allusive autobiography of the writer himself as he pursues his lifelong obsession, the king-hell story of them all: The Death of the American Dream.

The first rock-star writer' Guardian With ?long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips ? and Harleys flashing chrome?, the Hell?s Angels erupted into 1960s America, paralysing whole towns with fear. Determined to discover the truth behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs, Hunter S. Thompson spent a year on the road with the Angels, documenting his hair-raising experiences with Charger Charley, Big Frank, Little Jesus and the Gimp. Hell?s Angels was the result: a masterpiece of underground reportage whose freewheeling, impressionistic style created the legend of Gonzo journalism, and made Thompson?s name as the wild man of American writing.

America, with all its warts, lies naked under the laser-like scrutiny of legendary outlaw journalist and brilliant reporter Hunter S. Thompson. Fearlessly, he hurls himself into each assignment, gouges out the truth, then returns with a fresh story no one else on earth could write. From Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine, hippies to himself, Thompson's razor-sharp insight and crystal clarity capture the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and redeeming aspects of the explosive and colorful '60s and '70s. Thompson is a rebel and an artist, and we are all richer for it. "No other reporter reveals how much we have to fear and loathe, yet does it so hilariously." -- Chicago Tribune

Ameryka u schyłku epoki dzieci kwiatów. Dziennikarz Raoul Duke i jego samoański adwokat doktor Gonzo wyruszają w szaloną podróż w poszukiwaniu „amerykańskiego snu” samochodem wypełnionym po brzegi używkami.

From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics. 'A phalanx of motorcycles cam 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.' Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear. But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter S. Thompson, Dr Gonzo himself, the m...