| The Kitchen Readings Untold Stories of Hunter Thompson by Sheriff Bob Braudis |
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The Kitchen Readings, Untold Stories of Hunter S. Thompson
by Sheriff Bob Braudis and Michael Cleverly
"This is the real Hunter S. Thompson. No friends knew him better than Cleverly and Braudis. They get beyond just the crazy tales and capture all the essences of what went on in his kitchen and life. Thompson was a thoughtful, complex, and also wildly creative person. It's all here. Savor it." "There's Hunter Thompson the writer, Hunter Thompson the character and Hunter Thompson the man. Most of us can know the first two, but only a few can claim to have known the third. Here is a memoir of a deep four-decade friendship with one of America's national treasures. Braudis and Cleverly are the real deal and they are natural storytellers. This book is hilarious and heart-breaking and hard to put down"
author of Outlaw Journalist: The Life and Times of Hunter S. Thompson "For those of us who knew him, there were always two Hunter Thompsons · the pyrotechnic Gonzo character of booze & drugs of his public persona and the amazingly engaging, caring and brilliant Southern gentleman who held court in private from his kitchen stool in his home in Woody Creek. Michael Cleverly and Bob Braudis have done a masterful job of presenting the latter Hunter S. Thompson in The Kitchen Readings, a tale of the smart, amusing and passionate soul behind the Gonzo mask. For anyone wanting to really understand the literary impetus for such modern classics as Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas and The Curse of Lono, this is a must read." "I read the book on Halloween and it was frightening, as if I had been visited by Hunter himself. Few people knew him as well as Braudis and Cleverly and they have preserved him in all his treachery,foolishness and wisdom. If Hunter is wearing lipstick---their faces are smeared with gratitude."
Producer The King of Marvin Gardens "The Woody Creek wild boys-mountain hermit Michael Cleverly and Sheriff Bob Braudis - have a great story to tell about the late Hunter S.Thompson. "The Kitchen Readings" is uproaring fun. Parlor gossip with a Gonzo twist. It's an essential installment in the Hunter figure legend that continues to grow. Read it and rejoice. The bastards actually pulled it off. Whoda thought?"
Professor of history at Rice University and editor of Hunter S. Thompson letters collections The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 "Owl Farm really was the headquarters for the craziness and constant activity that was Hunter's life, and Cleverly and Braudis were flies on the wall for many of the most memorable high jinks. But more that that, they were also there when Hunter let down his guard. Hunter really was an inexplicable paradox-both self-consumed yet often extremely generous and sensitive-and cleverly and Braudis captured that perfectly in their book. A triumphant tribute to a great friend."
Tracy Wynn between Mike and Bob at Explore Booksellers Screenwriter: The Longest Yard (Widescreen Edition) 2005
longtime friend and personal assistant 
Hunter, Bob and Ed I loved this book written by Bob Braudis and Michael Cleverly, two of Hunter's dearest friends. I read it from cover to cover in a snowed-in Aspen day. I often laughed aloud and felt tears of the loss of my good friend. Their stories are authentic both for what they say and what they don't say. For in the kitchen we shared a brotherly bond. |
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