{"product_id":"freak-kingdom-timothy-denevi-9781541768017","title":"Freak Kingdom: Hunter S. Thompson's Manic Ten-Year Crusade Against American Fascism","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story of Hunter S. Thompson's crusade against Richard Nixon and the threat of fascism in America--and the devastating price he paid for it\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hunter S. Thompson is often misremembered as a wise-cracking, drug-addled cartoon character. This book reclaims him for what he truly was: a fearless opponent of corruption and fascism, one who sacrificed his future well-being to fight against it, rewriting the rules of journalism and political satire in the process. This skillfully told and dramatic story shows how Thompson saw through Richard Nixon's treacherous populism and embarked on a life-defining campaign to stop it. In his fevered effort to expose institutional injustice, Thompson pushed himself far beyond his natural limits, sustained by drugs, mania, and little else. For ten years, he cast aside his old ambitions, troubled his family, and likely hastened his own decline, along the way producing some of the best political writing in our history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This timely biography recalls a period of anger and derangement in American politics, and one writer with the guts to tell the truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Timothy DeNevi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541768019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541768017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Timothy DeNevi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045749649663,"sku":"9781541768017","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_303e26e6-22d4-4500-a9f4-9c23913e6728.jpg?v=1684980530","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/freak-kingdom-timothy-denevi-9781541768017","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}