McKeen gets behind the drinking and drugs to show the inventor of Gonzo journalism--Hunter S. Thompson--as never before: one who was happy to be considered an o

‘This is the Great Red Shark of Hunter biographies… Read it of die’ Greg Palast Requesting his ashes blasted into the blue Colorado sky to drift slowly ba

"Gets it all in: the boozing and drugging…but also the intelligence, the loyalty, the inherent decency." —Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Hunter S. Thomps

From the king of “Gonzo” journalism and bestselling author who brought you Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas comes another astonishing volume of letters by Hun