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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | A wild ride to the dark side of Americana The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, Curse features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which the Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph Steadman duo became known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter's oeuvre, was long out of print, prompting collectors to search high and low for an original copy. TASCHEN's signed, limited edition sold out before the book even hit the stores, but this unlimited version, in a different, smaller format, makes The Curse of Lono accessible to everyone. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Hunter S. Thompson | | Hardcover: | 205 pages | | Publisher: | Taschen | | Publication Date: | October 01, 2005 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 3822848972 | | Product Length: | 15.0 inches | | Product Width: | 11.0 inches | | Product Height: | 1.3 inches | | Product Weight: | 5.05 pounds | | Package Length: | 15.04 inches | | Package Width: | 11.34 inches | | Package Height: | 1.1 inches | | Package Weight: | 4.81 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 45 reviews |
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13 of 14 found the following review helpful:
 Thompson-Steadman harmony at its best Apr 30, 1997
From the blue-armed freak, to the demonic fire-glowing night in The Land of Po, this is essential HST. Throw in the Honolulu Marathon, and the good doctor serves up a characteristic glimpse of his own weird Americana that calls for all other social critics to throw down their pens in reverence and futility. This book is Thompson-Steadman harmony unparalleled. Steadman's illustrations are hallucinogenic masterpieces that complement the fury of Thompson's writing. If you call yourself a devotee, don't leave a hole in your library where this book belongs. It is pure visceral madness. The final scene stakes its claim with any of his best works and is nothing short of what those of us who care have come to know as life-blood joy and the frenzied understanding of more than a few generations of enlightenment. Read it. Now
13 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Best description of marathon madness I have ever read. Jun 23, 1998
Prior to reading this book, I had dismissed the author as someone who just got loaded and made up a bunch of stuff. However, the first few chapters of Lono represent the best description of marathon madness of those times that I have ever read (I finished 6th place at the 1983 Honolulu Marathon). His insightfulness into carbo-loading parties and the running divorce lead me to believe that he first did his research sober and then crawled off to finish the book.It has given me a lot of new respect for Gonzo Journalism.And Steadman's manic drawings of a perfect match.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
An unknown classic Oct 27, 2007
By Beau Christensen
This books is probably the least well-known of HST's books. But it was a very pleasant surprise upon reading it. It is classic Thompson, self-destructive, paranoid, and hilarious. If you take his word for it, you might never visit Hawaii yourself!
5 of 6 found the following review helpful:
The Curse Dec 31, 2008
By Nico A. Laborin
If your curious on why this book is so expensive, it's not because it's a rarity, it's because the thing is so giant. If I had to place a measurement I'd say its a good foot and a half long with another foot or so wide. It's so full of color and life on every page including letters from the man himself and tons of amazing drawings. Highly recommended for the HST followers.
9 of 12 found the following review helpful:
Hawaii Will Never Be the Same Jul 04, 2002
By the Chad
Hunter is the creator and king of gonzo journalism. Here is a quote from Thompson about what Gonzo journalism is:"My idea was to buy a fat notebook and record the whole thing as it happened, then send in the notebook for publication-- without editing. That way, I felt the eye and mind of the journalist would be functioning as a camera. The writing would be selective and necessarily interpretive - but once the image was written, the words would be final; in the same way that a Cartier-Bresson photograph is always (he says) the full-frame negative. No alterations in the darkroom, no cutting or cropping, no spotting . . . no editing. This is a good book, full of funny moments and hard to believe stories. There is no slow build up or filler in the middle. The book grabs you from the beginning with the author's stories and keeps you laughing until the end. This might not be a good first book to start with. Hunter's style and actions may be hard for some to read without getting offended. Sometimes Hunter will wander into side tangents before getting back on track with what is currently going on; this may annoy some people. I recommend starting with "Hells Angels" or "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" before paying the extra bucks for this out of print book.
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