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California, Labor Day weekendearly, with ocean fog still in the streets, outlaw motorcyclists wearing chains, shades greasy Levis roll out from damp garages, all night diners cast off one night pads in Frisco, Hollywood, Berdoo East Oakland, heading for the Monterey peninsula, north of Big SurThe Menace is loose again Thus begins Hunter S Thompson s vivid account of his experiences with California s most notorious motorcycle gang, the Hell s Angels In the mid 60s, Thompson spent almost two years living with the controversial Angels, cycling up down the coast, reveling in the anarchic spirit of their clan, and, as befits their name, raising hell His book successfully captures a singular moment in American history, when the biker lifestyle was 1st defined, when such countercultural movements were electrifying horrifying America Thompson, the creator of Gonzo journalism, writes with his usual bravado, energy brutal honesty, with a nuanced incisive eye as The New Yorker pointed out, For all its uninhibited sardonic humor, Thompson s book is a thoughtful piece of work As illuminating now as when originally published in 67, Hell s Angels is a gripping portrait, the best account we have of the truth behind an American legend. 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Thompson – kino-fada.fr I d just read Jay Dobyn s extremely exciting and fully involved No Angel My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels Dobyn was an undercover cop whose total immersion in Angels culture led to him substituting his real life for what was really a job Because it was so involved, it took me a while to get into Hunter Thompson s cool, cynical, totally detached own year long involvement with the Angels, whose beer, drugs and addiction to speed he was happy to sh...Hunter S Thompson is the writer you want to read if you want to pull all those cool guys They all love him, it seems, so just make a trip to some hipster caf , open one if his books and wait to score.I didn t go for the obvious Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but instead I read his debut, a non fiction account of his time spent the Hell s Angels, a motorcycle gang It was also the book my book club was reading, so I didn t have that much of a choice.Even growing up in the 80s and 90s in Polan Hunter S Thompson is the writer you want to read if you want to pull all those cool guys They all love him, it seems, so just make a trip to some hipster caf , open one if his books and wait to score.I didn t go for the obvious Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas but instead I read his debut, a non fiction account of his time spent the Hell s Angels, a motorcycle gang It was also the book my book club was reading, so I didn t have that much of a choice.Even growing up in the 80s and 90s in Poland I had a good idea what a motorcycle gang was The ...I felt this was just too long I don t want to read a 300 page magazine article that doesn t have a cohesive story.Hunter S Thompson s first book, Hell s Angels is not nearly as gonzo or as good as his later writings and not nearly as fresh and fascinating as, say, Electric Kool Aid Acid Test Hell s Angels is a farstraightforward piece of journalism than HST s later work but it is still an interesting read some 45 years on certainly no small feat.For one, it is cursorily interesting in how Hell s Angels has quickly become outdated with references like, Hell, eight dollars was a case of beer and Hunter S Thompson s first book, Hell s...I just read this for perhaps the fifth time From this book up to about 1978 Hunter was at his peak and every book he wrote in that period is writing of the highest order The guy was a major American prose stylist Those of you who may scoff at this assertion will one day realize that I m right Hunter doesn t get nearly enough credit for being the very intelligent guy he was, and that intelligence is very visible in this book, written before the character of Hunter Thompson was developed enoug I just read this for perhaps the fifth time From this book up to about 1978 Hunter was at his peak and every boo...This was the first hunter Thompson book I ever read and made me an instant fan of his work.Talk about a man who wanted to see the world from every angle The scene I remember most was when he talked about the Angels getting hooked on acid It was one thing they had in common with the hippies they hated, the difference being the angels didn t necessarily take LSD because they loved its effects While the merry pranksters were all about the hallucinations, the angels only took it because it was th This was the first hunter Thompson book I ever read and made me an instant fan of his work.Talk about a man who wanted to see the world from every angle The scene I remember most was when he talked about the Angels getting hooked on acid It was one thing they had in common with the hippies they hated, the difference being the angels didn t necessarily take LSD because they loved its effects While the merry pranksters were all about the hallucinations, the angels only took it because it wa...Trigger Warning violence, rape, etc.Hunter S Thompson s Hell s Angels purports to be an inside look at the Hell s Angels motorcycle gang, but in the end it s littlethan Thompson striking poses as an insider and issuing apologias for everything the Angels have done or are alleged to have done For example, he frequently refers to them as rapists and to their penchant for rape , but when it comes to specific incidents, he becomes a rape apologist, resorting to tactics ranging from the r Trigger Warning violence, rape, etc.Hunter S Thompson s Hell s Angels purports to be an inside look at the Hell s Angels...You ever read a book where you can tell it was a magazine article padded out to book length Here s one Repetitive, circular and mostly boring, this is in no way worth reading.I had a little fun with Thompson s light jabs at Kesey and having just read The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test, I found the part where the two stories overlap very interesting and he s sortof got a theme in there about society at the edge of society and masculinity and whatever like all motorcycle riders, Thompson had s You ever read a book where you can tell it was a magazine article padded out to book length Here s one Repetitive, circular and mostly boring, this is in no way worth reading.I had a little fun with Tho...Both Hunter S Thompson and the Hell s Angels bring preconceived notions to mind Thompson was a crazy sonofabitch He was a nutbag druggie who liked to blow things up.The Hell s Angel s are crazy motherfuckers Remember Altamont They killed like 500 people while providing concert security for the Rolling Stones.Both of these notions have some basis in reality Thompson liked drugs and blowing things up The Hell s Angels did provide security at Altamont, where one person was killed by an Angel Both Hunter S Thompson and the Hell s Angels bring preconceived notions to mind Thompson was a crazy sonofabitch He was a nutbag druggie who liked to blow things up.The Hell s Angel s are crazy motherfuckers Remember Altamont They killed like 500 people while providing concert security for the Rolling Stones.Both of these notions have some basis in reality Thompson liked drugs and blowing things up The Hell s Angels did provide security at Altamont, where one person was killed by an Angel in self defense.It is very fitting that Thompson got close to the Angels in order to write a book, Hell s Angels A Strange and Terrible Saga 1969 This book is definitely in the vein of Gonzo journalism ...Drinking with the bikies21 April 2012 I had been meaning to read this book for quite a while ever since a friend of mine mentioned it to me years ago Penguin then decided to release a number of books in a new mass market format, similar to their original releases back in the early days of the company The books that they released in this new format were inexpensive and were collected from various authors throughout history I actually appreciated this because they selected a lot of lesser know Drinking with the bikies21 April 2012 I had been meaning to read this book for quite a while ever since a friend of mine mentioned it to me years ago Penguin then decided to release a number of books in a new mass market format, similar to their original releases back in the early days of the company The books that they released in this ...

Hells Angels
  • French
  • 26 November 2018
  • 295 pages
  • 222109073X
  • Hunter S. Thompson
  • Hells Angels