All Gonzo All the Time

Authors

  • Jason Mosser Georgia Gwinnett College Author

Keywords:

Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo Journalism, New Journalism, literary journalism, Richard Nixon

Abstract

Jason Mosser reviews five recent books on Hunter S. Thompson: Hunter S. Thompson: The Last Interview and Other Conversations, edited by David Streitfeld (Melville House); Who Killed Hunter S. Thompson?, edited by Warren Hinckle (Last Gasp); Kevin T. McEneaney’s Hunter S. Thompson: Fear, Loathing, and the Birth of Gonzo (Rowman and Littlefield); Timothy Denevi’s Freak Kingdom (Public Affairs); and Fear and Loathing Worldwide, edited by Robert Alexander and Christine Isager (Bloomsbury Academic). Mosser finds the title interview the least illuminating and Hinckle’s book self-promoting but richly illustrated; he values McEneaney’s close readings but faults his neglect of Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail ’72, and he praises Denevi’s documentation and the essay collection’s international scope.

Author Biography

  • Jason Mosser, Georgia Gwinnett College

    Jason Mosser is a Professor of English at Georgia Gwinnett College, the first new liberal arts college in the 21st century. He earned his BA and MA from West Virginia University and his PhD from the University of Georgia. His book on New Journalism, including a chapter on Mailer’s The Armies of the Night, was published in 2012. He has also published articles on Mailer and on Hunter S. Thompson, and is currently at work on a literary journalistic piece about West Virginia.

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Published

2018-10-25

Issue

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2018)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Mosser, Jason. “All Gonzo All the Time”. The Mailer Review, vol. 12, no. 1, Oct. 2018, pp. 310–317, https://mailerreview.org/journal/article/view/665.