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Hunter S. Thompson: An Insider's View of Deranged, Depraved, Drugged Out Brilliance
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Jay Cowan was a neighbor of Hunter S. Thompson in Aspen, Colorado. Hunter is a frustrating individual--so much to admire and so much not to admire that it is difficult to know if I like the guy or not. Ultimately, the good points stand out.
Hunter's writing technique was described as "binging on words and drugs until it was done."
He was at the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. In 1970 at the America's Cup races, he was banned for trying to write "Fuck the Pope" on a boat. He was consumed by the campaign of 1972. In 1973 he went to write about the Super Bowl but never made it to the game yet still wrote a good story. A shark hunt in the Yucatan in 1974 anchored another book. He never made it to the Ali-Foreman fight of 1975 in Zaire. People forget his intention was to watch the fight with the President of Zaire. When that fell through, he felt no originality could come from being ringside. He was in Saigon during its fall in 1975. In 1976, he followed the campaign of Jimmy Carter.
Hunter felt that Hemingway wrote "Big-Two Hearted River" as his own epitaph. He also felt Fitzgerald did the same with The Great Gatsby. Hunter's extended suicide note began with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and ended with The Kingdom of Fear. But it was probably best summarized in "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat." Maybe that's why he felt no need to write a suicide note when he finally shot himself.
Lawyers were fascinated by Hunter. He was the perfect legal crash test dummy. Always being exposed to potential prosecution.
Hunter loved guns and explosions. He was friends with Ronald Reagan Jr., but did not care for his father. He loved and respected Jim Brady, like everyone else who knew him. After Brady's shooting, Hunter finally showed some understanding of the need to do something about this madness.
He liked Abby Hoffman because Abby paid a $100 football bet to him. "That says a lot," said Hunter.
Hunter's speeches became less coherent. They were always difficult to understand. In 1988, he had what the New York Post described as a "full-fledged fiasco."
Cowan never heard Hunter threaten to kill himself, but others claim to have heard that. He managed to put a bullet through his head and into a cabinet behind him which left a dramatic hole that almost seemed planned. He was seated in front of his typewriter with one sheet of paper in it and typed in the center was the word "counselor."
Hunter's writing technique was described as "binging on words and drugs until it was done."
He was at the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention. In 1970 at the America's Cup races, he was banned for trying to write "Fuck the Pope" on a boat. He was consumed by the campaign of 1972. In 1973 he went to write about the Super Bowl but never made it to the game yet still wrote a good story. A shark hunt in the Yucatan in 1974 anchored another book. He never made it to the Ali-Foreman fight of 1975 in Zaire. People forget his intention was to watch the fight with the President of Zaire. When that fell through, he felt no originality could come from being ringside. He was in Saigon during its fall in 1975. In 1976, he followed the campaign of Jimmy Carter.
Hunter felt that Hemingway wrote "Big-Two Hearted River" as his own epitaph. He also felt Fitzgerald did the same with The Great Gatsby. Hunter's extended suicide note began with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and ended with The Kingdom of Fear. But it was probably best summarized in "The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat." Maybe that's why he felt no need to write a suicide note when he finally shot himself.
Lawyers were fascinated by Hunter. He was the perfect legal crash test dummy. Always being exposed to potential prosecution.
Hunter loved guns and explosions. He was friends with Ronald Reagan Jr., but did not care for his father. He loved and respected Jim Brady, like everyone else who knew him. After Brady's shooting, Hunter finally showed some understanding of the need to do something about this madness.
He liked Abby Hoffman because Abby paid a $100 football bet to him. "That says a lot," said Hunter.
Hunter's speeches became less coherent. They were always difficult to understand. In 1988, he had what the New York Post described as a "full-fledged fiasco."
Cowan never heard Hunter threaten to kill himself, but others claim to have heard that. He managed to put a bullet through his head and into a cabinet behind him which left a dramatic hole that almost seemed planned. He was seated in front of his typewriter with one sheet of paper in it and typed in the center was the word "counselor."
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