'A phalanx of motorcycles cam roaring over the hill from the west ... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing.' Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear, so terrible was their reputation. But how much of htat reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter Stockton Thompson, Dr Gonzo himself, the man who saw the fear and loathing in the heart of the American dream. This counter-culture classic is the hair-raising result.
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" Thompson has presented us with a close view of a world most of us would never encounter. His language is brilliant, his eye remarkable."
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" Superb and terrifying." --Studs Terkel, "Chicago Tribune"
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'A phalanx of motorcycles cam roaring over the hill from the west ...the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing.' Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear, so terrible was their reputation. But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter Stockton Thompson, Dr Gonzo himself, the man who saw the fear and loathing in the heart of the American dream. This counter-culture classic is the hair-raising result.
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Von cary fritz
Format:Taschenbuch
There isn't much here to learn about the Hell's Angels if you're already familiar with them. If you're not familiar with them, and you want to learn about them, just about any other Hell's Angels book will tell you as much. The difference is in the storyteller. Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Usually when you read or hear something like this, you're told by some raving pompous reporter, reminiscent of Robert Downey Jr.'s character in Natural Born Killers who tries to hit hard and scare you. Thompson plays it cool with his usual wit and insight. That's what makes this book worth a read. Thompson understood the Hell's Angels. He road with them, made friends. From Thompson, you always read the truth in its truest form you can read. What he found through his adventures with them made for what was indeed a strange and terrible saga.
Von Ivy
Format:Taschenbuch
I knew Hunter Thompson mainly from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and I was actually expecting to be disappointed from this book, as I have no interest in motorcycles or motorcycle gangs. So the main reason I decided to read it is because it is one of Thompson's first works. I have to say I was surprised, it 's so well written and Thompson's point of view on everything is so original, you can't help but be sucked into the hell's angels world after the first 50 pages. Also it s quite an easy read for non native english speakers, also a plus.
Von Marcus S.
Format:Taschenbuch
Gonzo Journalismus, von Hunter S. Thompson begründet, ist eine Berichtsform, die den Autoren ins Geschehen einbezieht und so eine spezielle Authentizität erzeugt. Thompson ist ein Meister der Formulierung. Sein Text fließt ungehindert und pointiert über die Seiten, so daß man schwierig einen Punkt zum Pausieren findet.
Es geht im Buch um die Geschehnisse in den 1960er Jahren, als die Hells Angels ins öffentliche Interesse rückten. Der Motorradclub war bedrohlich, rebellisch und auch irgendwie schick. Die Flut an unqualifizierter, sensationslüsterner Berichterstattung bewegte Thompson wohl, die Angels monatelang zu begleiten, um so ungefiltert schreiben zu können.
Heraus kam ein ungeschönter Blick auf den Club, der die überzogene Panikmache der Medien relativiert, aber die tatsächlichen fragwürdigen und kriminellen Aktivitäten nicht herunterspielt. Sehr lesenswert!
Es geht im Buch um die Geschehnisse in den 1960er Jahren, als die Hells Angels ins öffentliche Interesse rückten. Der Motorradclub war bedrohlich, rebellisch und auch irgendwie schick. Die Flut an unqualifizierter, sensationslüsterner Berichterstattung bewegte Thompson wohl, die Angels monatelang zu begleiten, um so ungefiltert schreiben zu können.
Heraus kam ein ungeschönter Blick auf den Club, der die überzogene Panikmache der Medien relativiert, aber die tatsächlichen fragwürdigen und kriminellen Aktivitäten nicht herunterspielt. Sehr lesenswert!
Von Christopher Happ
Format:Taschenbuch
I just gave this another read after having first read it in the seventies. It lacks Hunter's usual wit but offers a clear picture of those tumultuos times. This book was written before the fiasco at Altamont.
Hunter takes us on a journey through his year long affiliation with the Angel's originally intended to get their side of the story. We see the human side of one of the most infamous and misunderstood groups of the era.
This book held a few surprises for me such as the internal conflagrations between the Angel's chapters from Frisco, Berdoo, Oakland, et al. The book also describes the "love-hate" relationship between the Angel's and law enforcement, the Angel's and the peace-niks, the Angel's and the Beatniks and the Angel's and the Merry Pranksters.
Hunter doesn't sugar-coat his experiences. In fact this work has an anti-Angel's sentiment for the most part. Perhaps because he winds up on the wrong end of an Angel's stomp-fest.
Format:Taschenbuch
Written before Thompson freaked out on drugs and went truly Gonzo, "Hell's Angels" is instead a great piece of reporting. The Angels were a fairly new phenomenon in the public mind when Thompson went riding with them and recorded all that he saw. It is a fascinating account of what has become one of America's most notorious criminal enterprizes. Thompson's description of an LSD rush (taken when the drug was still legal) is worth the price alone. For all his troubles, the Angels beat him half to death. This is a must read for anyone ineterested in criminology.
Von Michael Kording
Format:Taschenbuch
I have read many a book...but so far this one takes the cake, and the birthday candles! Turned on to Hunter S. Thompson, after renting, "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", I bought the book, only to further my relationship with this brave and eloquent man. As most college kids would love his work only for the humorous style in which he writes, those same souls will be sure to be enveloped in his insanely descrptive stories. He captures the entire essence of The Angels, as he lived, rode, partied, was stomped with and by this, modern day group of Huns. My stomache litterally turned at the thought of some of the visual images that this book inflicted me. MUST HAVE IT, THAT MEANS YOU!
Von Ein Kunde
Format:Taschenbuch
I've read the other reviews and it seems like everyone is comparing this book to Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which is a mistake. They are 2 very different books, but still contain Thompson's wit and style. If you aren't intrested in reading about the more turbulent parts of the 60's, or seeing an inside look at one of the more mysterious and persecuted sect's or our society you are better off not reading this book. Hardly any other journalist could have written this book. Thompson and the Angels both share common intrest's and I'm amazed at how well they get along in the book, and even in the end the parting ,for the most part, is one of mutual respect.
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gonzo....
Thompson versucht eine reale Story mit einigen unterschiedlichen Handlungssträngen miteinander zu verbinden, manchmal aber nicht immer gelingt ihm das auch. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 1. September 2009 von Mr. Anonymous
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Detailreiche Beschreibung der Anfangsjahre der Hells Angels
Dieses buch gehört wahrscheinlich zu den besten Büchern die Thompson geschrieben hat.Ich finde es sehr gut wie Thompson seine persönlichen Erfahrungen mit... Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Oktober 2001 von Jürgen Schrader
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NOT BAD, NOT GREAT
Hunter Thompson's adventures with the notorious cycle gang lasted about a year and yielded some fine, exciting stories.
However, the bulk of this book is actually kind of dull. Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 20. Juli 2000 veröffentlicht
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not one of his greatest
the summery of this story says its about the year hunter s. thompson spent with the hells angels, which anyone who read any of his later works would definatly want to read. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 11. Juli 2000 von Rusty Roberts
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A Scary Look Into the Lives of the Hell's Angels
I expected this book to be exciting and trippy like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I was surprised to find that it is actually a pretty serious book about what really happens... Lesen Sie weiter...
Am 10. März 2000 veröffentlicht
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HELL'S JOURNALIST
Feared by his superiors and sometimes colleagues. Loathed by the literary pundits who couldn't stack up against him. In 1965, Hunter S. Lesen Sie weiter...
Veröffentlicht am 23. Januar 2000 von Thom Ryan
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