hunter s. thompson cigarette holder reasons Hunter S. Thompson by Lynn

He says: I am a professional. 11.30AM There had been certain stages in the arduous process of persuading Thompson to travel to Britain conducted via lengthy faxes and telephone calls to and from Owl Farm, his isolated retreat outside Aspen when Thompson had sounded almost enthusiastic about observing, and perhaps meeting, the royal family

Thompson emerges, snarling, from the Fox and Anchor

[7] In 1958, while he was an airman first class, his commanding officer recommended him for an early honorable discharge

To an uninitiated reader, at first, whether the action Thompson described was fanciful or factual might have been unclear, and that seemed to be part of the point