A ferocious collection of stories about the downtrodden. Meet drug-addled lawyers, schizophrenic stalkers, small-town strippers, bruisers, losers and snitches. Savage Journey is a fearless look at the world just below your radar.
This book focuses on a key period of his life, namely his formative years in California. Richardson gives us Thompson witnessing the birth of the American counterculture.
"This is the authoritative study that the creator of Gonzo journalism deserves. As Peter Richardson shows, Thompson's outraged coverage of the American circus in all its tragedy and hilarity has largely stood the test of time.
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"Eckert's skills as a naturalist, previously displayed in his Newbery Award-winning Incident at Hawk's Hill, are here given full expression and armchair adventurers will soon be caught in its spell.
Taken abruptly from her safe and familiar surroundings, a law student is thrown headlong into the dark and seductive world of submission.
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Fleeing the scene, he vows revenge on those responsible at the highest level and so begins a horrific journey into a world of treachery, deceit, passion, hope and revenge. Can he survive? Can anyone survive this Savage Journey?
This book refocuses our understanding of that achievement by mapping Thompson's influences, probing the development of his signature style, and tracing the reception of his major works.
Pursued by the gang, they must hunt for safety in a hostile and divided world. Savage Journey is a tense and thoughtful novel set in fictional surroundings, yet intensely relevant to the world in which we live today.
A fast-paced Western written by the author of the very popular series Brand, Bodie the Stalker, The Tylers and the stand alone: "The Incident at Butler's Station."--A must read for any fan of Western fiction