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Hunter S. Thompson was a 20th-century American journalist and author. Hunter Stockton Thompson was an American journalist and author, regarded as a pioneer of New Journalism along with Gay Talese, Truman Capote, Norman Mailer, Joan Didion, and Tom Wolfe. He rose to prominence with the book Hell's Angels (1967), for which he lived a year among the Hells Angels motorcycle club to write a first-hand account of their lives and experiences. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Money — Thoughts on wealth, value, and material pursuits

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