A definitive biography...[McKeen] presents the life of this gifted yet troubled artist, warts and all, and he also takes the full measure of Thompson's journalistic accomplishment...a comprehensive portrait. -- Louisville Courier-Journal
The best record to date of Thompson's life. -- Michael Washburn - New York Observer
Essential. -- Bret Sokol - Miami Herald
This is the Great Red Shark of Hunter biographies. McKeen gives us full frontal HST, horrific and heroic, the class clown of the class war. Read it or die. -- Greg Palast
What a wild and wonderful ride Outlaw Journalist is for anybody interested in the literary legacy of Hunter S. Thompson. William McKeen hits all the right highs and lows in this fine roller coaster of a biography...A truly admirable achievement. -- Douglas Brinkley, literary executor of the Hunter S. Thompson estate and editor of The Proud Highway and Fear and Loathing in America
There had to be more to Hunter Thompson than we knew. If you've ever wondered what was behind the sunglasses, drugs, and booze, what was beyond the craziness and the midnight motorcycle rides with no helmet, not even lights, here it is. -- Rick Bragg
McKeen gives a clear-eyed, detailed accounting, from Thompson's rebellious youth to his revolutionary writing career...[He] fires another shot for Thompson with Outlaw Journalist. -- Sharon Eberson - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
William McKeen has wonderfully captured Hunter S. Thompson in Outlaw Journalist and in doing so has captured a significant time in our national life. Thompson changed how we think about and practice journalism. McKeen gives us a telling insight into how that happened. -- Michael Connelly
