Hunter S. Thompson
All Books By Hunter S. Thompson
Better Than Sex
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 7 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: October 12, 2012
- Language: English
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3.77(4726 ratings)
“Hunter S. Thompson is to drug-addled, stream-of-consciousness, psycho-political black humor what Forrest Gump is to idiot savants.” –The Philadelphia Inquirer Since his 1972 trailblazing opus, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, Hunter S. Thompson has reported the election story in his truly inimitable, just-short-of-libel style. In Better than Sex, Thompson hits the dusty trail again–without leaving home–yet manages to deliver a mind-bending view of the 1992 presidential campaign–in all of its horror, sacrifice, lust, and dubious glory. Complete with faxes sent to and received by candidate Clinton’s top aides, and 100 percent pure gonzo screeds on Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Oliver North, here is the most true-blue campaign tell-all ever penned by man or beast. “[Thompson] delivers yet another of his trademark cocktail mixes of unbelievable tales and dark observations about the sausage grind that is the U.S. presidential sweepstakes. Packed with egocentric anecdotes, musings and reprints of memos, faxes and scrawled handwritten notes (Memorable.” –Los Angeles Daily News “What endears Hunter Thompson to anyone who reads him is that he will say what others are afraid to (.[He] is a master at the unlikely but invariably telling line that sums up a political figure (.In a year when all politics is–to much of the public–a tendentious and pompous bore, it is time to read Hunter Thompson.” –Richmond Times-Dispatch “While Tom Wolfe mastered the technique of being a fly on the wall, Thompson mastered the art of being a fly in the ointment. He made himself a part of every story, made no apologies for it and thus produced far more honest reporting than any crusading member of the Fourth Estate (. Thompson isn’t afraid to take the hard medicine, nor is he bashful about dishing it out (.He is still king of beasts, and his apocalyptic prophecies seldom miss their target.” –Tulsa World “This is a very, very funny book. No one can ever match Thompson in the vitriol department, and virtually nobody escapes his wrath.” –The Flint Journal
... Read moreFear and Loathing in America
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 32 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.09(3995 ratings)
This astonishing volume of private correspondence, a critically acclaimed follow-up to The Proud Highway, shows Hunter S. Thompson as brazen, incisive, and outrageous as ever. When that first book of letters appeared in 1997, Time pronounced it “deliriously entertaining,” Rolling Stone called it “brilliant beyond description,” and the New York Times celebrated its “wicked humor and bracing political conviction.”
Spanning the years between 1968 and 1976, these never-before-published letters show Thompson building his legend: running for sheriff in Aspen, Colorado; creating the seminal road book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas; twisting political reporting to new heights for Rolling Stone; and making sense of it all in the landmark Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72. To read Thompson’s dispatches from these years–addressed to the author’s friends, enemies, editors, and creditors and such notables as Jimmy Carter, Tom Wolfe, and Kurt Vonnegut–is to read a raw, revolutionary eyewitness account of one of the most exciting and pivotal eras in American history.
... Read moreFear and Loathing in Las Vegas
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 6 hours 3 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 26, 2005
- Language: English
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4.07(312233 ratings)
Maverick author Hunter S. Thompson introduced the world to “gonzo journalism” with this cult classic that shot back up the best-seller lists after Thompson’s suicide in 2005. No book ever written has more perfectly captured the spirit of the 1960s counterculture. In Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, Raoul Duke (Thompson) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (inspired by a friend of Thompson) are quickly diverted to search for the American dream. Their quest is fueled by nearly every drug imaginable and quickly becomes a surreal experience that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. But there is more to this hilarious tale than reckless behavior-for underneath the hallucinogenic facade is a stinging criticism of American greed and consumerism.
... Read moreFear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 17 hours 4 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 18, 2012
- Language: English
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4.13(19526 ratings)
After popularizing Gonzo journalism with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson turned his drug-fueled wit and savage insight to the race for President. With On the Campaign Trail ’72, Thompson deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of George McGovern and Richard Nixon, laying bare a political process that is both seductive and utterly repellent. ” . some of the clearest, most bracing and fearless analysis of the possibilities and failures of American democracy in the past century.”-Chicago Tribune
... Read moreGeneration of Swine
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 12 hours 45 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: September 13, 2013
- Language: English
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3.79(6437 ratings)
Generation of Swine, the second volume of the legendary Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s bestselling “Gonzo Papers,” was first published in 1988 and is now back in print. Here, against a backdrop of late-night tattoo sessions and soldier-of-fortune trade shows, Dr. Thompson is at his apocalyptic best — covering emblematic events such as the 1987-88 presidential campaign, with Vice President George Bush, Sr., fighting for his life against Republican competitors like Alexander Haig, Pat Buchanan, and Pat Robertson; detailing the GOP’s obsession with drugs and drug abuse; while at the same time capturing momentous social phenomena as they occurred, like the rise of cable, satellite TV, and CNN — 24 hours of mainline news. Showcasing his inimitable talent for social and political analysis, Generation of Swine is vintage Thompson — eerily prescient, incisive, and enduring.
... Read moreHell’s Angels
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 10 hours 40 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: April 13, 2012
- Language: English
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3.99(37901 ratings)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas author Hunter S. Thompson rocked the literary world with his mind-bending style of Gonzo journalism. First published in 1966, Hell’s Angels is Thompson’s up-close and personal look at the infamous motorcycle gang during the time when its moniker was most feared. “[Thompson’s] language is brilliant . [he] has presented us with a close view of a world most of us would never dare encounter.”-New York Times
... Read moreHey Rube
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 8 hours 25 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: July 13, 2012
- Language: English
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3.69(2456 ratings)
New York Times best-selling author and acclaimed Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson is known for such groundbreaking works as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. A provocative collection of rants and reflections from Thompson’s columns at ESPN.com, Hey Rube offers outrageously brilliant insight on topics ranging from the 2000 election to his unconventional take on professional sports (“eliminate the pitcher” to improve Major League Baseball).
... Read moreKingdom of Fear
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 10 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: March 09, 2012
- Language: English
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3.95(8282 ratings)
Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson penned groundbreaking works as outrageous-and provocative-as the author himself. His memoir Kingdom of Fear provides compelling insight into his life and literary output. “He amuses; he frightens; he flirts with doom. His achievement is substantial.”-Washington Post
... Read moreScrewjack
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 51 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: November 30, 2012
- Language: English
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3.55(3755 ratings)
The father of Gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson and his unique voice became beacons for the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Initially only available in an extremely limited edition, Screwjack became a publishing event when it was finally released to a wider audience. A spellbinding collection of three short works, Screwjack showcases Thompson’s penchant for dark humor and his perceptive vision of America’s often overlooked seamier sides.
... Read moreSongs of the Doomed
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 3 hours 2 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1990
- Language: English
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3.85(3378 ratings)
In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane—and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.
First published in 1990, Songs of the Doomed is back in print — by popular demand! In this third and most extraordinary volume of the Gonzo Papers, Dr. Hunter S. Thompson recalls high and hideous moments in his thirty years in the Passing Lane — and no one is safe from his hilarious, remarkably astute social commentary.
With Thompson’s trademark insight and passion about the state of American politics and culture, Songs of the Doomed charts the long, strange trip from Kennedy to Quayle in Thompson’s freewheeling, inimitable style. Spanning four decades — 1950 to 1990 — Thompson is at the top of his form while fleeing New York for Puerto Rico, riding with the Hell’s Angels, investigating Las Vegas sleaze, grappling with the “Dukakis problem,” and finally, detailing his infamous lifestyle bust, trial documents, and Fourth Amendment battle with the Law. These tales — often sleazy, brutal, and crude — are only the tip of what Jack Nicholson called “the most baffling human iceberg of our time.”
Songs of the Doomed is vintage Thompson — a brilliant, brazen, bawdy compilation of the greatest sound bites of Gonzo journalism from the past thirty years.
The Curse of Lono
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 5 hours 7 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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3.93(5223 ratings)
This enormously eccentric book takes listeners on a crazy journey with renowned gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson.
The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist’s “coverage” of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, The Curse of Lono features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay for which Hunter S. Thompson became known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter’s oeuvre, is a widely sought-after treasure.
... Read moreThe Great Shark Hunt
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Length: 10975 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: May 03, 2013
- Language: English
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4.09(13412 ratings)
Hunter S. Thompson won literary renown — and cult status — with books such as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell’s Angels. The Great Shark Hunt features Thompson’s early writings, which focus on the political and social turbulence of mid-20th-century America. With his signature style, these essays show his evolution from a sports reporter to the outrageous, insightful and always daring creator of Gonzo Journalism.
... Read moreThe Proud Highway
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2014
- Language: English
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4.15(3166 ratings)
Here, for the first time, is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America’s most influential and incisive journalists–Hunter S. Thompson. In letters to a who’s who of luminaries, from Norman Mailer to Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez–not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors–Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through his own razor-sharp perspective.
Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedented and penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
... Read moreThe Rum Diary
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Campbell Scott
- Length: 3 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 1998
- Language: English
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3.84(51799 ratings)
Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary—a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book—is Hunter S. Thompson’s brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent lust in the Caribbean.
Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule, and anything (including murder) is permissible. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson’s Fear and Loathing books.
The RUM DIARY
- By: Hunter S. Thompson
- Narrator: Christopher Lane
- Length: 6 hours 20 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2011
- Language: English
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3.84(51799 ratings)
Made into a major motion picture starring Johnny Depp, The Rum Diary–a national bestseller and New York Times Notable Book–is Hunter S. Thompson’s brilliant love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent lust in the Caribbean.
Begun in 1959 by a twenty-two-year-old Hunter S. Thompson, The Rum Diary is a brilliantly tangled love story of jealousy, treachery, and violent alcoholic lust in the Caribbean boomtown that was San Juan, Puerto Rico, in the late 1950s. The narrator, freelance journalist Paul Kemp, irresistibly drawn to a sexy, mysterious woman, is soon thrust into a world where corruption and get-rich-quick schemes rule, and anything (including murder) is permissible. Exuberant and mad, youthful and energetic, this dazzling comedic romp provides a fictional excursion as riveting and outrageous as Thompson’s Fear and Loathing books.