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

dark funny informative fast-paced

4.5

A combination of excellent reporting, scathing moralism and the sharp adventuresome wit - this, not Vegas, is Thompson's masterwork.  The only bad thing about this is that it led other journalists to write campaign memoirs instead of more purely journalistic nonfiction; a combination few have a strong enough voice to sustain.  A classic of American journalism, one of the best books about 20th century American politics, and one of the clearest explanations for why the 70s and 80s were the way they were here.  Unmissable.