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  • Published: 29 May 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141041872
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $41.99

Hell's Angels




THE PENGUIN MAGNUM COLLECTION

With 'long hair in the wind, beards and bandanas flapping, earrings, chain whips . . . and Harleys flashing chrome', the Hell's Angels erupted into 1960s America paralysing whole towns with fear. Determined to discover the truths behind the terrifying reputation of those marauding biker gangs, Hunter S. Thompson spent a year on the road with the Angels, documenting his hair-raising experiences with Charger Charley, Big Frank, Little Jesus and the Gimp. Hell's Angels was the result: a masterpiece of underground reportage whose free-wheeling, impressionistic style created the legend of Gonzo journalism, and made Thompson's name as the wild man of American writing.

  • Published: 29 May 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141041872
  • Imprint: Michael Joseph
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 288
  • RRP: $41.99

About the author

Hunter S. Thompson

Hunter S. Thompson's works include Fear and Loathing in America, Screwjack, Hell's Angels, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Proud Highway, Better Than Sex and The Rum Diary. Hunter S. Thompson committed suicide in February 2005.

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Praise for Hell's Angels

There are only two adjectives writers care about any more - "brilliant" and "outrageous" - and Hunter has a freehold on both of them.

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