Gonzo: Dr. Hunter S. Thompson's Documentary Form
In many contexts, the rich body of texts produced by the late Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is talked about as if it was characterized solely by the drug abuse of its author and his extraordinary gift for coining precise and often humorous phrases.
Gonzo, as this genre of writing is often called, is then thought characterized by its psychedelia: the subjective experience before the objective truth; the crazed, bizarre, often exaggerated interpretations; the confusion of fact and fiction. Stylistically, these are key features. They cannot, however, by themselves explain the immense success of the good doctor as a journalist, writer and public persona.
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