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Gonzo Republic : Hunter S. Thompson's America - William Stephenson
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Gonzo Republic

Hunter S. Thompson's America

By: William Stephenson

Hardcover | 19 January 2012 | Edition Number 1

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Gonzo Republic looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship
with America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist.
Stephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early
reporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s
to his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9/11.
Stephenson argues that Thompson inhabited, but was to some extent
reacting against, the tradition of American individualism begun by the Founding Fathers and continued by Emerson and Thoreau. Thompson sought out the edge-the threshold of chaos and insanity-in order to define himself. His characters enact the same quest, travelling through the surreal landscape of his literary America: the Gonzo Republic.
Industry Reviews
"Gonzo Republic is a first-rate critical examination of Hunter S. Thompson's fierce literary output and social activism. William Stephenson has a fine grasp on all things Thompson. His defense of Curse of Lono is truly inspired. Mandatory reading for anybody interested in the Doctor of Journalism." Douglas Brinkley, editor of The Proud Highway and Fear and Loathing in America

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Published: 19th January 2012

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