Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson

Paul Perry

Plexus, Oct 15, 2008 - Biography & Autobiography - 250 pages

Paul Perry takes an unprecedented look at this man who is a horror to some and a hero to others, who regularly trashes the prime directives of reporting - accuracy and objectivity - but who produces some of the sharpest political analysis around.

About the author

Paul Perry attended Arizona State University and received a fellowship from the Freedom Forum Foundation at Columbia University in 1988. He taught magazine writing at the University of Oregon and was Executive Editor at American Health magazine. He is the co-author with Melvin Morse of Closer to the Light, Transformed by the Light, and Where God Lives, which won the 2002 Aleph Award for the best spiritual book published that year in France. His work has appeared in numerous publications including National Geographic Adventure, Ladies Home Journal, Rolling Stone, Men's Journal, and Reader's Digest.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Fear and Loathing: The Strange and Terrible Saga of Hunter S. Thompson
• Author: Paul Perry
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Plexus, 2008
• ISBN: 085965429X, 9780859654296
• Length: 250 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers; Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures