Outlaw Journalist
The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson

Like Wild Turkey into the Good Doc’s mouth, so too go volumes on the shelf about him. While most books about Hunter S. Thompson are good because they are about Hunter S. Thompson, William McKeen’s “Outlaw Journalist” is good on its own accord, revealing the allure and talent of Thompson to an audien......more

I’m not sure that I like HST, whether it be the popularized caricature of him or his real self. Self-proclaimed multibigot or not, though, he was a genius writer and larger than life character. I appreciated Mckeen’s honesty throughout the book.......more

If my 22-year-old self had read this book I'd have made fewer mistakes. My problem with biographies has always been their inability to get into their subjects' heads. Said differently, I think it's hard (or impossible) to create a true image of a person based on what they've said and what others say......more

Like Jim Morrison of The Doors, Hunter S. Thompson pushed the limits of reality via drugs and alcohol to make art...and he destroyed himself and others around him in the process. Thompson devised a new and interesting mode of journalism, but I do not see that as justification for glorifying this guy......more

Since I've really been digging into Thompson's work this year, I was curious about the man. He's another one of those men whose mythos precedes him. Can a man possibly live up to the hyperbolic tales of drug-field madness? The bizarre episodes? What about the discerning, thoughtful critiques of soci......more