Gonzo
by Hunter S Thompson
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Author: Hunter S ThompsonEditor: Steve Crist
Introduction: Johnny Depp
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-01
ISBN: 097860766X
Number of pages: 240
Publisher: AMMO Books
Book Reviews of Gonzo
Book Review: Gonzo Lite
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't mind the price, although it is pretty hefty, or the notion of a Gonzo coffee table book, so long as it is presented with great care, and I can ignore the idea that this is a cash-in or a sell-out, because it was begun before Hunter Thompson quit the field of play, and, as I understand it, with his endorsement. The gallery-quality print can be taken out for framing, and is stamped on the back to affiliate it with the special limited edition of 3000 copies of 'Gonzo' - so it contains a 'genuine' piece of Gonzo artwork, consisting of a self-portrait of Thompson around the time of 'The Rum Diary'. In short, this is a beautifully presented book, provided you aren't expecting anything particularly new and you aren't disappointed by a publication consisting mainly of photographs - its essentially a high quality art book, like those made by Taschen. It comes well-packaged in a sealed and numbered cardboard box to protect the limited edition blue box, which is stamped with the Gonzo logo and houses the print and the book itself. However, it is worth noting that although the box is about two and a half inches thick the book itself is more like one inch thick - its not a great big tome as the details might imply. Futhermore, a couple of the nude photographs are censored, by way of a black rectangle protecting us from the sight of - shock! horror! - female pubic hair, which seems particularly patronising given the subject matter and the arty nature of the book - not to mention being off-key in a work about such a free-thinking libertarian. This concession to 'comfortable lounges' and 'not upsetting the children' is, for me, by far the most disappointing aspect of the whole thing because it becomes shameful, in an irritatingly coy manner, by atributing shame - it also ruins the political satire of the photographs, one of which features a naked girl wearing a rubber Nixon mask as she squats on a toilet. In a way these acts of censorship sum up the whole book, which, for all its careful construction - and perhaps, in fact, because of it - was always going to be Gonzo lite. I knew that when I bought it, but I didn't realise it would involve doctoring the Doctor's images...
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