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The Proud Highway
- Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (The Gonzo Letters, Book 1)
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 27 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-13-14
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Regular price: $45.47
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“Buy the ticket, take the ride,” was a favorite slogan of Hunter S. Thompson, and it pretty much defined both his work and his life. Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the roller-coaster of a career at the magazine that was his literary home.
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3 out of 5 stars
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An iconic and controversial figure in American literature, Hunter S. Thompson displayed a brilliance that forever changed journalism. Thompson’s follow-up to The Proud Highway, this second volume of private, never-before-published letters spans the years 1968 through 1976. Addressed to such luminaries as Tom Wolfe, Kurt Vonnegut, and Jimmy Carter, this incisive collection showcases Thompson’s raw and starkly honest thoughts on a pivotal era in U.S. history.
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Love the book, not the performance.
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In Las Vegas to cover a motorcycle race, Raoul Duke (Thompson) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (inspired by a friend of Thompson) are quickly diverted to search for the American dream. Their quest is fueled by nearly every drug imaginable and quickly becomes a surreal experience that blurs the line between reality and fantasy. But there is more to this hilarious tale than reckless behavior, for underneath the hallucinogenic facade is a stinging criticism of American greed and consumerism.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A bit of the best, a bit of the... not best.
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Hunter S. Thompson, "smart hillbilly"; boy of the South; born and bred in Louisville, Kentucky; son of an insurance salesman and a stay-at-home mom; public school-educated; jailed at 17 on a bogus petty robbery charge; member of the US Air Force (airman second class); copy boy for Time; writer for The National Observer; et cetera.
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Warning! This book contains the following: unsafe use of powerful firearms in combination with explosives; cultivation of illegal crops; impressionable minors being exposed to illicit activities; piloting of automobiles under impaired conditions; and transportation of large sums of cash across national borders. Please note: stunts performed in this book were undertaken by professionals. Do not attempt them at home.
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Set in Ireland just after World War II, The Ginger Man is J. P. Donleavy's wildly funny, picaresque classic novel of the misadventures of Sebastian Dangerfield, a young American ne'er-do-well studying at Trinity College in Dublin. Dangerfield's appetite for women, liquor, and general roguishness is insatiable - and he satisfies it with endless charm.
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Publisher's Summary
Here is the private and most intimate correspondence of one of America's most influential and incisive journalists - Hunter S.Thompson. In letters to a who's who of luminaries, from Norman Mailer toCharles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe to Lyndon Johnson, William Styron to Joan Baez - not to mention his mother, the NRA, and a chain of newspaper editors - Thompson vividly catches the tenor of the times in 1960s America and channels it all through hisown razor-sharp perspective.
Passionate in their admiration, merciless in their scorn, and never anything less than fascinating, the dispatches of The Proud Highway offer an unprecedentedand penetrating gaze into the evolution of the most outrageous raconteur/provocateur ever to assault a typewriter.
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- GanjaPlanta
- 11-14-14
a really good way to get to know hunter
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
yes, i would recommend this audiobook to anyone who is interested in hunter s thompson, as it is the closest thing i have read to an autobiography by hunter
What other book might you compare The Proud Highway to and why?
it is similar to the fear and loathing at the rolling stone. this book shows a different less drug addled younger hunter
What does Malcolm Hillgartner bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
he does a great job of expressing emotions that may not be picked up when reading text
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
the story of a an unemployable writer
Any additional comments?
this was a great read for someone like myself who has been a long time hunter fan. i wish i had read this book before many of his other works, as it sheds a lot of light on where he comes from, what he is about, and who he is
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- Michael Frazier
- Rush, KY
- 04-14-18
The True Power of Hunter S. Thompon's Writing
If you could sum up The Proud Highway in three words, what would they be?
The Best Ever
What other book might you compare The Proud Highway to and why?
If you like this the the second volume would be the next book to listen too
Which character – as performed by Malcolm Hillgartner – was your favorite?
Hillgartner as Thompson is believable. Other narrators play Thompson to wild and excited
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The letters to Thompson's creditors are great.
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- Mr. Peabody
- 12-18-16
"Gonzo" like sausage is best when you don't watch
I was disappointed.
My hero has feet of clay.
Such is the way of hero's.
"gonzo" like sausage is better .
When you don't watch it being made.
0 of 5 people found this review helpful