![]() ![]() ![]() Overall Performance: Narration Rating: Story Rating:.I'll admit this book became boring and tedious at times, but I think it truely represented a "middle finger" to the notion of objective journalism in politics-a statement that I can always agree with." While some might disagree and say that this book represents a more "subdued" Hunter Thompson than the one pictured in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or the Hells Angels, I think this book, more than the others, captures the essence of gonzo or hyper subjective journalism. "Probably one of the most interesting and informative written material on political campaigns in general. some of the clearest, most bracing and fearless analysis of the possibilities and failures of American democracy in the past century."-Chicago Tribune With On the Campaign Trail '72, Thompson deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of George McGovern and Richard Nixon, laying bare a political process that is both seductive and utterly repellent. ![]() Thompson turned his drug-fueled wit and savage insight to the race for President. After popularizing Gonzo journalism with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. ![]()
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