Proud Highway Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967

Deliriously entertaining. Time

Brilliantly bizarre . . . a celebration of the 60s. USA Today

A great book by a great American . . . Thompson has become the F. Scott Fitzgerald of our time. The Washington Post

Wicked humor and bracing political conviction. The New York Times

Enormously humorous . . . tremendous fun . . . One of Thompson s most significant books. The Dallas Morning News

One of the greatest American writers of the twentieth century, both for his vibrant prose style and his career-long autopsy on the death of the American dream. San Francisco Examiner

A careening, chaotic rollercoaster ride through time. Crackling electrical charged fused from the Fires of Hell. Direction. Purpose. Energy. William S. Burroughs