Kingdom of fear : loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century by Thompson, Hunter S., author instant download

Kingdom of fear : loathsome secrets of a star-crossed child in the final days of the American century by Thompson, Hunter S., author instant download

xxii, 354 pages : 25 cm, From the Publisher: Brilliant, provocative, outrageous, and brazen, Hunter S. Thompson's infamous rule breaking-in his journalism, in his life, and of the law-changed the shape of American letters and the face of American icons. Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Thompson's life as a rebel-from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flouting all authority to a convention-defying journalist who came to personify a wild fusion of fact, fiction, and mind-altering substances. Call it the evolution of an outlaw. Here are the formative experiences that comprise Thompson's legendary trajectory alongside the weird and the ugly. Whether detailing his exploits as a foreign correspondent in Rio, his job as night manager of the notorious O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, his epic run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Power ticket, or the sensational legal maneuvering that led to his full acquittal in the famous 99 Days trial, Thompson is at the peak of his narrative powers in Kingdom of Fear. And this boisterous, blistering ride illuminates as never before the professional and ideological risk taking of a literary genius and transgressive icon, Foreword / Timothy Ferris -- Memo / the Sports desk -- Part 1 -- When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro -- Mailbox: Louisville, summer of 1946 -- Would you do it again? -- Witness -- There Is No Such Thing As Paranoia -- Strange lusts and terrifying memories -- Rape in Cherokee Park -- God might forgive you, but I won't -- New dumb -- In The Belly Of The Beast -- Sally loved football players -- Paris Review #156 -- What marijuana? -- Lynching in Denver -- Felony murder law-don't let this happen to you -- Jesus hated bald pussy -- Part 2 -- Politics Is The Art Of Controlling Your Environment -- Running for sheriff: Aspen 1970 -- Sunday night at the Fontainebleu -- Memo from the sheriff -- Dealing with the DA-before and after -- Saturday night in Aspen -- Witness II -- Seize The Night -- Night manager -- 16…