Hell's Angels
'The Maverick Voice of American Counterculture'
$25.04
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
13 May 2011
Summary
“We’re the one percenters, man - the one percent that don’t fit in and don’t care.”
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.
In September, 1964, a cavalcade of motorbikes ripped through the city of Monterey, California. It was …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241951583 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241951585 |
| Author: | Hunter S. Thompson |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 13 May 2011 |
| Weight: | 198g |
| Dimensions: | 182mm x 111mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Penguin Essentials |
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There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - “brilliant” and “outrageous” - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them
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 *
About The Author
Hunter S. Thompson
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.
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