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Thompson, Hunter S., 1937-2005.
Full name: Hunter Stockton Thompson.
American reporter, author and iconoclast born in Louisville, Kentucky, best
known for his extreme lifestyle and his creation of "Gonzo journalism," blending
fact with fiction in a strongly subjective commentary on the subject covered.
Cartoonist Gary Trudeau based his "Uncle Duke" character in the Doonesbury
comic strip on Thompson.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. 1972.
Subtitled "A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream." A roman
à clef fictionalizing two visits of the author to the titular city in spring
1971; initially appeared later that year as a two part serial in Rolling Stone
magazine before book publication the next. Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo,
ostensibly in Las Vegas to report on a motorcycle race, crawl the city in a drugged
state, suffering hallucinations, destroying property, and lamenting the demise of
the 1960s' counterculture. Adapted to film in 1998.
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Dec. 13, 2013,
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