Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

After popularizing Gonzo journalism with Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson turned his drug-fueled wit and savage insight to the race for President. With On the Campaign Trail '72, Thompson deconstructs the 1972 campaigns of George McGovern and Richard Nixon, laying bare a political process that is both seductive and utterly repellent. “ ... some of the clearest, most bracing and fearless analysis of the possibilities and failures of American democracy in the past century.”-Chicago Tribune