Zan's review
The Curse of Lono
by Hunter S. Thompson
Zan's review
The Curse of Lono by Hunter S. Thompson
Zan's review
rating:
recommended for: Fans of H.S. Thompson and/or Ralph Steadman
I had seen this lying around the local Half-Price Books and snagged it with a coupon diminishing the hefty price tag. This is a gigantic book with huge beautiful prints by Steadman as well as the usual crazed drunken rambling of Thompson.
The whole thing is about a trip to Hawaii to cover the Honolulu Marathon that goes awry a la la Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and degenerates into a mescaline-fueled marlin hunt with a smattering of interesting pre-American Hawaiian history. The art is great, the writing is fantastic. If you can't justify the $50 tag find a library somewhere that has it. Don't expect to carry the thing on a plane or keep it to read at work or something, it weighs about 5 pounds and is like 18x12.
The whole thing is about a trip to Hawaii to cover the Honolulu Marathon that goes awry a la la Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and degenerates into a mescaline-fueled marlin hunt with a smattering of interesting pre-American Hawaiian history. The art is great, the writing is fantastic. If you can't justify the $50 tag find a library somewhere that has it. Don't expect to carry the thing on a plane or keep it to read at work or something, it weighs about 5 pounds and is like 18x12.
