Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century

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'The brutal reality of politics alone would probably be intolerable without drugs'

Hunter S. Thompson - the original Gonzo journalist and the supreme chronicler of the American nightmare - tells the uncensored story of a life dedicated to excess in his hellraising autobiography. From his first brush with the law aged nine, through crazed road trips, outlaw adventures, guns, bikes, campaigning for local office in Aspen and accidentally being accused of trying to kill Jack Nicholson, and on to the dark heart of America at the start of the twenty-first century, this 'depraved and terrifying' ride through the life of an iconoclast is both hilarious and deadly serious.

'Absolutely brilliant . . . more fire and more righteous outrage than most journalists half his age. Hard truths about America conveyed with tremendous wit.' Eric Schlosser