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The Proud Highway: Fear and Loathing Letters: 1955-67, Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman Vol 1 (The Fear & Loathing Letters) (Paperback)

by Hunter S. Thompson (Author)
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Product details

  • Paperback: 720 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; New Ed edition (27 Aug 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747536198
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747536192
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 100,406 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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    #13 in  Books > Fiction > Cult Authors > Thompson, Hunter S.

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Product Description

Amazon.co.uk Review
The Proud Highway is the first in an anticipated three- volume collection of the letters of Hunter S. Thompson. It includes letters spanning a 12-year period, during which time Thompson survived his first incarceration, graduated from high school, was discharged from the Air Force, drank to excess, wrote prolifically in obscurity and finally achieved notoriety with the publication of Hell's Angels, his first successful book. The letters are frantic and comedic, self- righteous and intensely cynical. He writes to friends and family, famous authors he admired and even the president of the United States. As Thompson travels from New York City to Puerto Rico, then on to South America and Northern California, his letters trace the development and refinement of his talent. This collection of Thompson's early writings paints a portrait of the man before words like "Gonzo", "Doctor" and "fear and loathing" were inextricably linked to his name, revealing the unrestrained ego that serves as the foundation for the talent of this popular and important American writer.

Synopsis
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.