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  <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Hunter Stockton Thompson (18 July 1937 – 20 February 2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his novel &lt;i&gt;Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas&lt;/i&gt;. 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.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[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]]></influences>  <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>Louisville, Kentucky</hometown>  <born_at>07/18/1937</born_at>  <died_at>02/20/2005</died_at>  
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream]]></title>
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  <published>1971</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Rum Diary: A Novel]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1998</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Hell's Angels]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1966</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1972</published>  
  
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        <book id="10878">
  <title><![CDATA[The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1979</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Generation of Swine: Tales of Shame &amp; Degradation in the '80's]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Kingdom of Fear: Loathsome Secrets of a Star-Crossed Child in the Final Days of the American Century]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>2002</published>  
  
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        <book id="18865">
  <title><![CDATA[Better Than Sex (Gonzo Papers, Vol 4)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.67</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1072</ratings_count>
  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Fear and Loathing in America: The Brutal Odyssey of an Outlaw Journalist]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <average_rating>3.96</average_rating>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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        <book id="10880">
  <title><![CDATA[The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967]]></title>
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    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Hunter S. Thompson]]></name>
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  <published>1997</published>  
  
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