Book 38 - Hunter S.Thompson - "The Proud Highway: 1955-67, Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman"

[jazzy_dave]

Hunter S.Thompson - "The Proud Highway: 1955-67, Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman" (Bloomsbury)








This is the fist installation of the Fear and Loathing Letters and hence is known as volume one.


I read a majority of this book during my travels over the last six months and often people around me thought I was crazy because of how often I would laugh out loud at his writings. It reminds me of the best of Spike Milligan's humour in many ways.

It was pure Hunter, same style of writing as his journalism, but with a more personal feel and added insights to what was going on in his life. I also felt like it took forever to finish, but I tried to view it as a marathon, not a sprint.

Comments

[cmcmck]

Only trouble is that he writes way too much so it's very curate's egg- good in parts.