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A review by deltabelta
Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
4.0
Rating: 7/10.
A fascinating and impactful ethnography of a piece of Americana that once dominated our collective imaginations. It analyzes outlaws from all angles, how they fascinate us as much as they disgust and terrify us, and throws fair criticism at the police and media. At times, you almost come to sympathize with the outlaws. Then you read about statutory rape or women having teeth pulled out with pliers, and you go back to hoping, as Thompson writes, that “the God of the righteous could swoop down one night and char every Hell’s Angel to ashes”.
A fascinating and impactful ethnography of a piece of Americana that once dominated our collective imaginations. It analyzes outlaws from all angles, how they fascinate us as much as they disgust and terrify us, and throws fair criticism at the police and media. At times, you almost come to sympathize with the outlaws. Then you read about statutory rape or women having teeth pulled out with pliers, and you go back to hoping, as Thompson writes, that “the God of the righteous could swoop down one night and char every Hell’s Angel to ashes”.