Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 364.106609794 EAN: 9780679603313 ISBN: 067960331X Label: Modern Library Manufacturer: Modern Library Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: December 07, 1999 Publisher: Modern Library Release Date: December 07, 1999 Sales Rank: 5782 Studio: Modern Library
Product DescriptionThe author's harrowing and critically acclaimed first book chronicles his year riding with the Hell's Angels and other motorcycle gangs, an 'experiment' that ended when he was beaten nearly to death by a group of Angels. 20,000 first printing. NYT.
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Rating: - Another Point of View of HAMC
At a literary level I would give this book 5 stars. It's well written in an unusual, yet interesting style. The combination of first and third person accounts within the book keep it from getting too tedious. I also think that Thompson made a valiant (if somewhat ineffective) effort to be objective in his observations and show both sides of most stories. Unfortunately, one could tell this attempt at objectivity was unsuccessful at times as displayed by his apparent friendship with several of the ... Read More
Rating: - Quick and Fast
My book was delivered as promised and on time. I will definitely order again in the future.
Rating: - Not enough Hunter
"Hell's Angels" lacks some of the personal edge and Gonzo reporting style that I expect from Thompson. It is fun in parts, but overall it's too objective. After a few chapters, I found myself thinking, "I get it, these guys are burnouts and misfits, and I don't need be told any more minor stories about their antics." I can't be satisfied with this book as a piece of historical journalism either because there is so much post-1966 Hell's Angels history. Altamont and other important events occurred after ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant writing about a grtty reality in American culture.
I highly reccommend this gritty book. It is a very real feeling honest expose of the cult of the outlaw bikers, how the American media reacts to and manufactures disinfomaiton. It is a story of the sorry truth of the patholoy of the underclass of American society. One of Thompson's best.
Rating: - Hunter at his best
This is a wonderful republishing effort in hardback with a great photo of Hunter on its cover - a tribute to Thompson's literary accomplishment and treatment of the Hells Angels when they were truly a cultural attraction.
Hunter's writing is clear, fast-paced, insightful, hysterial, and damning with just a bit of the Thompson humor to get the real point across. There's not be a book on the Times and the Angels since to match it.
Great addition to the library - thanks, Dr. Thompson ... Read More
- Quick and Fast
- Not enough Hunter
