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1	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream more books like this by Hunter S Thompson Stylish reissue of a classic novel first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. 'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold...And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge ... see all copies from £2.69! new only from £8.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Hell's Angels; a strange and terrible saga more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is. He's lived with them, he knows them and their machines, he speaks their language,and he reports it back to the world with all the fearsome force of a souped-up cyclone burning rubber. see all copies from £3.97! new only from £9.71! \| first editions
3	Fear and loathing: on the campaign trail '72 more books like this by Hunter S Thompson The best, the fastest, the hippest and the most unorthodox account ever published of the US presidential electoral process in all its madness and corruption. In 1972 Hunter S. Thompson, the creator and king of Gonzo journalism, covered the US presidential campaign for Rolling Stone magazine alongside the establishment newsmen of Washington. The ... see all copies from £3.07! new only from £6.37! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	The rum diary more books like this by Hunter S Thompson This is Hunter S. Thompson's only work of fiction to date, an irreverent and autobiographical story about a young journalist in the drunken, drugged-out tropics. It has been published to coincide with the release of a film version of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", directed by Terry Gilliam. see all copies from £6.39! new only from £6.39! \| first editions
5	The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time more books like this by Hunter S Thompson In this collection of essays, the first of the Gonzo Papers, the legendary Thompson hold forth on a variety of topics from the corruption of the Nixon government to the corruption of society in the early 1980s. see all copies from £5.89! new only from £10.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Hell's Angels more books like this by Hunter S Thompson '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, so terrible was their ... see all copies from £5.12! new only from £7.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Fear and loathing in Las Vegas more books like this by Hunter S Thompson Equipped with a veritable arsenal of heinous chemicals, Thompson and Steadman confront casino operators, bartenders, and assorted members of the Silent Majority with a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror. This edition celebrates the 25th anniversary of the book's British publication. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £6.39! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	A Curse of Lono more books like this by Hunter S Thompson Hunter S. Thompson's most eccentric book in a new, limited edition 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, Curse features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay ... see all copies from £17.59! new only from £28.64! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Generation of swine : tales of shame and degradation in the '80s more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson In this second volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers, the legendary writer and raconteur unloads both barrels squarely between the eyes of the "me" generation of the 1980s, attacking stupidity and weakness in all their guises. see all copies from £5.54! new only from £10.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century more books like this by Hunter S Thompson Critics, admirers, fans and foes have dared not believe Hunter S. Thompson would write a true memoir. With Kingdom of Fear, a work blazing with incisive observations and muscular prose, the master rebel whose ideas Kurt Vonnegut called "the literary equivalent of Cubism" has proven them wrong. Call this book the evolution of an outlaw. In ... see all copies from £2.87! new only from £4.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream more books like this by Hunter S Thompson 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 ... see all copies from £4.15! new only from £10.56! \| first editions
12 view cover	Hey Rube: Blood Sport, the Bush Doctrine, and the Downward Spiral of Dumbness more books like this by Hunter S Thompson In this collection of columns written for the ESPN website, the late gonzo journalist Hunter Thompson writes ostensibly on sports, but also finds plenty of room for comments on politics and American life. Often, he writes on all three at once, while throwing in sex and gambling, too. Thompson would improve baseball by getting rid of the pitcher; ... see all copies from £6.84! new only from £8.84! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Rum Diary: The Long Lost Novel more books like this by Hunter S Thompson This roman-a-clef is about a drunken young journalist. It is Hunter S. Thompson's only work of fiction. see all copies from £2.93! new only from £44.95! \| first editions
14 view cover	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories more books like this by Hunter S Thompson A classic of American journalism from the aftermath of the '60s, Hunter S. Thompson's FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, the chronicle of his life on the road and on drugs, was originally published serially in Rolling Stone in 1971. Dubbing himself a "Gonzo journalist," Thompson devoted his entire career to defining that term as a reporter whose ... see all copies from £5.15! new only from £12.02! \| signed copies \| first editions
15 view cover	Great Shark Hunt more books like this by Hunter S Thompson In this collection of essays, the first of the Gonzo Papers, the legendary Thompson hold forth on a variety of topics from the corruption of the Nixon government to the corruption of society in the early 1980s. see all copies from £5.72! new only from £7.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Screwjack: A Short Story more books like this by Hunter S Thompson Hunter S. Thompson's legions of fans have waited a decade for this book. They will not be disappointed. His notorious " Screwjack" is as salacious, unsettling, and brutally lyrical as it has been rumored to be since the private printing in 1991 of three hundred fine collectors' copies and twenty-six leather-bound presentation copies. Only the ... see all copies from £10.16! new only from £10.16! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist more books like this by Hunter S Thompson In the second of a three-volume collection of the never-before-published letters of the creator of Gonzo journalism, one of the great literary icons of our time presents a truly raw, revolutionary, eyewitness account of the years from 1968 to 1976. Photos throughout. see all copies from £5.33! new only from £10.96! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Better Than Sex more books like this by Hunter S Thompson America's greatest gonzo hits the hustings in this hilarious and timely report on last year's hideous race for the White House. The inimitable Thompson takes us on his special brand of a surreal campaign swing--and relives the lowlights, oddities, screwups, and the peculiarly telling moments that define a man and his longings. Thompson is the ... see all copies from £6.59! new only from £11.40! \| first editions
19 view cover	Fear and loathing in America : the brutal odyssey of an outlaw journalist, 1968-1976 more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley Published to great acclaim in 1998, Hunter Thompson's first volume of letters covered the period from the 1950s to the publication of his first book, "Hell's Angels." This book is the sequel which covers Thompson's most debauched and well-known years: "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", "The Great Shark Hunt" and "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign ... see all copies from £7.63! new only from £10.74! \| signed copies \| first editions
20 view cover	Gonzo more books like this by Hunter S Thompson, Steve Crist (Editor), Laila Nabulsi (Editor) "Gonzo" presents a rare look into the life of Thompson, whose groundbreaking style of "gonzo" journalism made him one of the greatest writers of his generation. For the first time, his photographs and archives have been collected into a visual biography worthy of his literary legacy. see all copies from £8.80! new only from £21.94!
21 view cover	Generation of Swine: Gonzo Papers, Volume 2: Tales of Shame and Degredation in the '80s more books like this by Hunter S Thompson In this second volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers, the legendary writer and raconteur unloads both barrels squarely between the eyes of the "me" generation of the 1980s, attacking stupidity and weakness in all their guises. see all copies from £5.73! new only from £8.28! \| first editions
22 view cover	The proud highway : saga of a desperate southern gentleman, 1955-1967 more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson, Douglas Brinkley This is Hunter Thompson's perception of the 1960s as told through his letters from 1955 to 1967 (age 17 to 29). Addicted to drugs and alcohol at the time, Thompson's rage and drug-taking derived from his understanding of how much better the world could be, yet how little he could do to improve it. see all copies from £5.18! new only from £7.99!
23 view cover	The Harley-Davidson Reader more books like this by Jean Davidson, Hunter S Thompson, Sonny Barger These are the biggest and best writings, old and new, on Harley-Davidson's motorcycles and unique mystique by writers and personalities that are part of the legend, from Hunter S. Thompson (counterculture writer) to Sonny Barger (patriarch of all "Hells Angels"), Evel Knievel to Arlen Ness, and more. Punctuated with classic images - from vintage ... see all copies from £6.77! new only from £16.09!
24	Better than sex : confessions of a political junkie more books like this by Hunter S. Thompson "Better than Sex" is famed political analyst Hunter S. Thompson's groundbreaking and escapading saga of what happens to campaign junkies behind the scenes of a victorious American presidential campaign - their orgies, their despair, and finally their terror when they abandon all hope as the forces of darkness close in and make them prisoners in ... see all copies from £2.08! new only from £15.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
25	Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream: Gonzo Papers more books like this by Hunter S Thompson This collection of articles, essays, rants, and even screeds, comprises the third volume of Thompson's Gonzo Papers. Written between 1959 and 1990, these pieces show Thompson covering topics as varied as Vietnam, Roxanne Pulitzer's highly publicized early-80s divorce trial, and Thompson's own troubles with the law, along with excerpts from several ... see all copies from £5.54! new only from £9.37! \| signed copies \| first editions

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