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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Curse of Lono (originale 1983; edizione 1983)di Hunter S. Thompson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. The good doctor goes on an ill advised vacation and imagines himself the reincarnation of a hawaiian God. Thompson will always be one of my favorites authors, and even is somewhat not as sharp as usual here, he still delivers an amusing story. Profusely illustrated by his fellow vacationer, Ralph Steadman. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
This enormously eccentric book takes listeners on a crazy journey with renowned gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, The Curse of Lono features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay for which Hunter S. Thompson became known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter's oeuvre, is a widely sought-after treasure. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Hunter and Ralph are in Honolulu to cover the marathon towards the end of the year of 1980. Toss in a wild man named George Skinner, and a dope lawyer with a blue arm, and let the madness begin!
“Why did we come all the way out here to what used to be called “the Sandwich Islands” to confront some half-wit spectacle like eight thousand rich people torturing themselves in the streets of Honolulu and calling it sport?”
Things go so insanely gonzo, that by the end of it all, our good doctor claims to be the coming of the god Lono, swinging a great, destructive Samoan war club, and screaming at the locals! This book has all the qualities I've enjoyed in a HST story, and I'm glad that it finally caught my attention! Steadman's art is on full display in this volume, horrifying and wonderful! And, there are inclusions of excerpts from various historic source materials about Hawaii, and specifically Captain James Cook. They provide brief respites of sanity from Hunter's crazed booze and drug filled Hawaiian adventure! ( )