Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson

Hell's Angels by Hunter S Thompson

A phalanx of motorcycles came roaring over the hill from the west... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing. It was like Genghis Khan, Morgan's Raiders, the Wild One and the Rape of Nanking all at once.

There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them -- Tom Wolfe
The maverick voice of American counterculture * Guardian *
Excellent documentary non-fiction * Time Out *
The book that made Thompson's name * Loaded *

Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937. He began his writing career as a sports columnist in Florida and went on to work on newspapers and magazines in New York, San Juan and Rio de Janeiro. His articles appeared in Esquire, Rolling Stone magazine and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of a number of books, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72, The Great Shark Hunt, Generation of Swine, The Curse of Lono, Songs of the Doomed, Better Than Sex, The Proud Highway and The Rum Diary. Hunter S. Thompson died in 2005.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9780241951583
ISBN 10	0241951585
Title	Hell's Angels
Author	Hunter S Thompson
Series	Penguin Essentials
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Books Ltd
Year published	2011-04-07
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.