{"product_id":"9781441163424","title":"Gonzo Republic: Hunter S. Thompson's America","description":"\u003cem\u003eGonzo Republic\u003c\/em\u003e looks at Hunter S. Thompson's complex relationship \u003cbr\u003ewith America. Thompson was a patriot but also a stubborn individualist.\u003cbr\u003eStephenson examines the whole range of Thompson's work, from his early\u003cbr\u003ereporting from the South American client states of the USA in the 1960s\u003cbr\u003eto his twenty-first-century internet columns on sport, politics and 9\/11.\u003cbr\u003eStephenson argues that Thompson inhabited, but was to some extent\u003cbr\u003ereacting against, the tradition of American individualism begun by the Founding Fathers and continued by Emerson and Thoreau.  Thompson sought out the edge—the threshold of chaos and insanity—in order to define himself.  His characters enact the same quest, travelling through the surreal landscape of his literary America: the Gonzo Republic.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47123713294576,"sku":"9781441163424","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781441163424_p0.jpg?v=1763791200","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781441163424","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}