Gonzomania: The Good Doctor & His Gonzo Peers
Explore 'Gonzomania: The Good Doctor & His Gonzo Peers'—a curated list of must-read books by Dr. Gonzo and his legendary peers. Dive into the wild world of Gonzo journalism and counterculture classics.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
50th Anniversary Edition • With an introduction by Caity Weaver, acclaimed New York Times journalist This cult classic of gonzo journalism is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken. Also a major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.
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The Electric Kool-aid Acid Test
by Tom Wolfe
Wolfe details his wild cross-country ride with Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters, offering a vivid portrayal of the hippy subculture in its own joyful, psychedelic, excessive, and terrifying colors.
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The Magic Christian
by Terry Southern
Guy Grand is an eccentric billionaire-the last of the big spenders-determined to create disorder in the material world and willing to spare no expense to do it.
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The Best Democracy Money Can Buy
by Greg Palast
An investigative journalist provides an expose of intrigue, financial misdeeds, and other machinations at the highest level of American politics.
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The Rum Diary
by Hunter S. Thompson
The irreverent writer's long lost novel, written before his nonfiction became popular, chronicles a journalist's enthusiastic, drunken foray through 1950s San Juan.
