Gonzo Journalism

Gonzo Journalism books. An experimental journalism style, featuring the author as protagonist. Sometimes blends fact with fiction. Heavily influenced the creative non-fiction genre.

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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

John Berendt
Contemporary American Crime Gonzo Journalism Literature

I read it for the first time when I was far too young for it, all of the way back in 1994. I loved it then, but I didn’t appreciate the nuances of what Berendt was trying to say.

All the President’s Men & Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, Hunter S. Thompson
Contemporary American Gonzo Journalism Journalism

I often read as much about American politics as I do about the politics about my own country. Though it feels like I’m on the outside looking in when I read books like this, it to some extent feels closer than is comfortable as well.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson
Contemporary American Gonzo Journalism

On the surface, he’s travelling with his attorney and a trunk full of drugs in order to document a racing event and later on to attend a convention for law enforcement on drugs and drug culture. Below the surface, it’s a journey to figure out the purpose of journalism, idealism, and its role in the shifting tide of American culture. This is a review of Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.