This is writing in it’s purest form that is both hilarious and shocking, yet always honest (at least in his own mind). This is not Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I have many favourite authors, but Hunter is at the peak and this particular book is the reason why. These correspondence are a clear insight into the mind of a drunken southern gentleman on the verge of greatness. Most of the time they come across as wild rants, bordering on gibberish, yet if you read closely, you will find genius. If you really want to learn anything about Hunter, here is the best place to do it with the most accuracy. The Proud Highway is Hunter’s life biography, written in real time in the form of letters to anyone he had a bone to pick with, or a question that needed answering. “A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance.”- Hunter S. He does this through his brash and sardonic perspective that is unapologetic … showing no mercy and pulling no punches. Thompson captures the essence of the 1960s in America. In wild and fascinating letters to people such as Norman Mailer, Charles Kuralt, Tom Wolfe, Lyndon Johnson, Joan Baez, and the NRA, Kentucky’s native son, Hunter S. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness.” – Hunter S. I do not say lonely-at least, not all the time-but essentially, and finally, alone. “We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and-in spite of True Romance magazines-we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way.
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