“As far as I'm concerned, it's a damned shame that a field as potentially dynamic and vital as journalism should be overrun with dullards, bums, and hacks, hag-ridden with myopia, apathy, and complacence, and generally stuck in a bog of stagnant mediocrity.”

American journalist and author of the 1970s and '80s, best known for his gonzo journalism and the novel *Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas*. His fearless, satirical style captured the excess and chaos of counterculture and political life, blending reportage with hallucinatory prose.