Travel to Australia And South Pacific

The Curse of Lono

Format: Hardcover
Author: Hunter S. Thompson
ReleaseDate: 23 October, 2005
Publisher: Taschen
Rating:

One of his finest
Growing up in hawaii, I recommend this book whole heartedly for its mixture of truth and surealism to portray hawaii the way I remember it. Set behind the scenes of Hawaii during the 80's, the docter's portrayal of hawaii is by far one of his finest books.
He discribes the Hawaii's drug culture and tourism industry perfectly.
Definatly a must read if your a fan of Hunter Thompsons work.

The way to remember HST...
True gonzo adventure, and unavailable except in paperback for too long. In this finally reprinted book, HST travels to Hawaii to cover the Ironman Triathalon for Running magazine, and winds up deep in ancient Hawaiian religions and history, along with how Captain Cook first visited the Hawaiian islands. If you have only read "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by HST, this book will bring the reader closer to today's reality, or at least as HST sees it.

Good, clean fun
I loved this book because it's not as acid-adled as a lot of HT's writing and it's funny as hell. Well, not exactly "good, clean fun" but it is fun. Also, it's a primer on what is actually happening (around you) when you catch a trophy fish in Hawaii (which I did before this book came out). At the time, I was baffled by how fast my fish dissapeared and how I was being treated (like a cheap trick) but this made it all painfully clear (after the fact). Well worth the read.

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