Hunter

There’s an excerpt from the new Hunter. S. Thompson biography, Gonzo, up on the Smith magazine website:

We broke into liquor stores. We’d jimmy a lock or break a window. I never paid a hotel bill when I was with Hunter, and it wasn’t his initiative as much as mine. We’d just go out the window or the fire escape. That was just normal.

After reading it I’m not sure I’m too taken with the oral history style… I much prefer and enjoy the gonzo-style biography Hunter by E Jean Carroll in which Hunter keeps the author trapped in a pit for a while.

I also dismissed the Steadman book The Joke’s Over, but will probably pick it up in paperback. What I’m really looking forward to is Hunter’s final collection of collected letters, The Mutineer: Rants, Ravings, and Missives from the Mountaintop 1977-2005.

Only due out in February though…