Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson Audiobook

Quotes

• “William McKeen has wonderfully captured Hunter S. Thompson in Outlaw Journalist...Thompson changed how we think about and practice journalism. McKeen gives us a telling insight into how that happened.”

  — Michael Connelly

• “If you’ve ever wondered what was behind the sunglasses, drugs, and booze...here it is.”

  — Rick Bragg, New York Times bestselling author

• “This is the Great Red Shark of Hunter biographies. McKeen gives us full frontal HST...Read it or die.”

  — Greg Palast, New York Times bestselling author

• “McKeen has delivered rare, superbly researched insight into one of the most fascinating American writers of the last century—a must-read for those who want to peek under the curtain of Hunter’s gonzo mystique and discover what really made this guy tick, like so many of the bombs he set off at his Colorado ranch.”

  — Tim Dorsey, New York Times bestselling author

• “Outlaw Journalist is painfully honest—which is good.”

  — Ralph Steadman

• “An accessible look at Thompson’s personal life and his eternal struggles to earn a living and leave a legacy.” 

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• “Essential.”

  — Miami Herald

• “William McKeen’s Outlaw Journalist does what a good biography should do: it makes you feel as though you knew the person...A colorful take on Thompson’s extraordinary life.”

  — St. Louis Post-Dispatch

• “McKeen gives a clear-eyed, detailed accounting, from Thompson’s rebellious youth to his revolutionary writing career...[He] fires another shot for Thompson with Outlaw Journalist.”

  — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

• “[A] robust, readable, and altogether illuminating biography...superbly rendered...the best on Thompson to date.”

  — Tampa Bay Times

• “The most complete and extensive biography of Thompson ever written.”

  — Albuquerque Journal

• “Paints a vivid, detailed picture of a charismatic and complicated man.”

  — Time Out London

• “A rock-solid, more fully dimensional, empathic, and rollicking portrait. Here is the hectic life, the scorching personality, the audacious acts and improbable triumphs, and, most importantly, a keen assessment of how Thompson revolutionized journalism.”

  — Booklist (starred review)

• “A welcome addition to the Gonzo library.”

  — Kirkus Reviews