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Which author did not commit suicide?
a. Sylvia Plath
b. Yukio Mishima
c. Ernest Hemingway
d. Jack London
e. Virginia Woolf
f. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
g. William Faulkner
h. Hunter S. Thompson
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Hunter S. Thompson

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born

July 18, 1937

died

February 20, 2005

gender

male

place of birth

Louisville, Kentucky, The United States

genre

Nonfiction, Entertainment

influences

William Burroughs, Joseph Conrad, J. P. Donleavy, William Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Jack Kerouac, H. L. Mencken, Ayn Rand, Mark Twain, Tom Wolfe

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Hunter Stockton Thompson (18 July 1937 – 20 February 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories. He is also known for his promotion and use of psychedelics and other mind-altering substances (and to a lesser extent, alcohol and firearms), his libertarian views, and his iconoclastic contempt for authority.

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books by Hunter S. Thompson

avg rating: 4.00 | 43,537 ratings | 3,109 reviews | 34 distinct works | 314 fans

	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 4.11 — 17,621 ratings — published 1971 39 editions	my rating:
	The Rum Diary: A Novel by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.91 — 4,721 ratings — published 1998 24 editions	my rating:
	Hell's Angels by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.92 — 3,406 ratings — published 1966 23 editions	my rating:
	Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 4.05 — 3,122 ratings — published 1972 8 editions	my rating:
	The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 4.00 — 2,132 ratings — published 1979 9 editions	my rating:
	Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame & Degradation in the '80's by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.65 — 1,396 ratings — published 1988 5 editions	my rating:
	Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.83 — 1,127 ratings — published 2002 12 editions	my rating:
	Better Than Sex (Gonzo Papers, Vol 4) by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.66 — 1,065 ratings — published 1994 6 editions	my rating:
	Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.97 — 902 ratings — published 2000 5 editions	my rating:
	The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 by Hunter S. Thompson avg rating 3.97 — 814 ratings — published 1997 7 editions	my rating:

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quotes by Hunter S. Thompson

"I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."
— Hunter S. Thompson

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"No sympathy for the devil; keep that in mind. Buy the ticket, take the ride...and if it occasionally gets a little heavier than what you had in mind, well...maybe chalk it off to forced conscious expansion: Tune in, freak out, get beaten."
— Hunter S. Thompson

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"When the going gets weird the weird turn pro."
— Hunter S. Thompson

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