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An edition of Kingdom of Fear (2003)

Kingdom of Fear

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"Brilliant, provacative, outrageous, and brazen, Hunter S. Thomspon's infamous rule breaking - in his journalism, in his life, and under the law - changed the shape of American letters and the face of American icons. Kingdom of Fear traces the course of Thompson's life as a rebel - from a smart-mouthed Kentucky kid flaunting all authority to a convention-defying journalist who came to personify a wild fusion of fact, fiction, and mind-altering substances.".

"Call it the evolution of an outlaw. Here are the formative experiences that comprise Thompson's legendary trajectory alongside the weird and the ugly.

Whether detailing his exploits as a foreign correspondent in Rio, his job as night manager of the notorious O'Farrell Theatre in San Francisco, his epic run for sheriff of Aspen on the Freak Power ticket, or the sensational legal maneuvering that led to his full acquittal in the famous 99 Days trial, Thompson is at the peak of his narrative powers in Kingdom of Fear.

And this boisterous, blistering ride illuminates as never before the professional and ideological risk taking of a literary genius and transgressive icon."--BOOK JACKET.

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Publisher
Allen Lane
Pages
384

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Kingdom of Fear
March 4, 2004, Penguin Books Ltd
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Kingdom of Fear
May 29, 2003, Allen Lane
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First Sentence

"My parents were decent people, and I was raised, like my friends, to believe that Police were our friends and protectors-the Badge was a symbol of extremely high authority, perhaps the highest of all."

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
384
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.1 x 1.5 inches
Weight
1.6 pounds

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7798426M
ISBN 10
0713997141
ISBN 13
9780713997149
Library Thing
40695
Goodreads
2391365

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First Sentence

"My parents were decent people, and I was raised, like my friends, to believe that Police were our friends and protectors-the Badge was a symbol of extremely high authority, perhaps the highest of all."

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August 6, 2010 Edited by IdentifierBot added LibraryThing ID
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