![]() ![]() Without skipping a beat, he combines debauchery and politics. Talk of drugs and debauchery are a given, but part of what really interested me was that a large portion of the book was devoted to Hunter's inability to produce compelling work when it was needed.īut, enough dwelling on the negative! The Hunter Thompson of the late sixties and the seventies is a force to reckoned with. Perry, who knew Hunter and was able to convince him to finish an article in the 80s which was a low time for for Hunter's creative output, puts it all in. One important part of this book is that it never dissolves into hero worship. It reads well, splashed with anecdotes from the 100+ friends and colleagues Perry interviewed. Spanning from his youth in Louisville, KY up through to 1990, it leaves some out (Like his death), but that can hardly be blamed on Perry since it was published in '92. Paul Perry's biography of Hunter gave me basically what I wanted: a relatively intimate look at the man's life. ![]()
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