“The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow manages to film himself in action, as the protagonist or at least the main character.”

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.