A review by hinkle
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson

3.0

I'm conflicted about this book. On the one hand, some parts of it are immensely compelling and interesting, often in spite of the fact that Thompson was...well...to steal a line from the Avengers, he's probably best described as "a bag full of cats". The most memorable moment in the book is probably his description of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War march that occurred during the GOP convention. Absolutely chilling. On the other, because of Thompson's complete inability to work to deadlines the book is often a stream of consciousness mess and almost two entire chapter are just transcripts of recordings. (The fact that one of them apparently got published in Rolling Stone is mindboggling tbh.)