{"product_id":"9780679722120","title":"The Revolt of the Cockroach People","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe further adventures of \"Dr. Gonzo\" as he defends the \"cucarachas\" — the Chicanos of East Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's \"Dr. Gonzo\" a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of \"chicken\" Acosta played against the Anglo legal establishment; battles fought with bombs as well as writs; and a reluctant hero who faces danger not only from the police but from the vatos locos he champions. What emerges is at once an important political document of a genuine popular uprising and a revealing, hilarious, and moving personal saga.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47014006096112,"sku":"9780679722120","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780679722120_p0.jpg?v=1763606602","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780679722120","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}