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Gonzo journalist and literary roustabout Hunter S. Thompson flies with the angels--Hell's Angels, that is. He's lived with them, he knows them and their machines, he speaks their langauge, and he reports it back to the world with all the fearsome force of a souped-up cyclone burning rubber.

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  • PublisherBallantine Books Inc.
  • Publication date1996
  • ISBN 10 0345410084
  • ISBN 13 9780345410085
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages288
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