Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #296184 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 272 pages

Customer Reviews

Notes from the sports desk, football, fear and loathing.
This book is typical of Hunter's style, it mixes a lifelong obsession with gridiron, gambling, politics, paranoia, corrupt officals and a sense of dark and vicious humor that is the mark of the original gonzo journalist. This book is a series of articles writen originally for ESPN, it's most frightening entries are around 9/11 when hunter asks 'where were you when the fun stopped' and over the next series of articles predicts the road that America will take to a T. Not in the same class as Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or The Great Shark Hunt, then again what is? Rest in Peace DOCTOR.

Die Hard HST fans only
This is a collection of sports columns that HST did for the American press from November 2000 through to Oct 13 2003 (so there are many Bush references). Unless you know Hunter S Thompson already or are an avid American Sports follower and know your Redskins from your Red Sox (or care), I would stay away from this.

For HST fans who already know his work, there are no surprises here. Each column is only a few hundred words and you can dip in and out if you want without losing anything. Much of the politicking and references to sport or current affairs are even less relevant to a non-American, but there is still some joy to be had with his style and irreverence.