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Happy Birthday, Jack Nicholson

by Hunter S. Thompson · 2005

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High priest of hedonism and godfather of gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson was renowned for his counterculture masterpiece Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which described his chemical-addled adventures in 1970s America. Taken from Thompson's brilliantly entertaining autobiography, Kingdom of Fear- the last book published before his death earlier this year - these pieces provide a hilarious but now also painful insight into the life and the mind of a true literary outlaw.

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biographybiographyMore like thisLess of this
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2000s2000sMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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short · 55 pages
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