As a correspondent for Rolling Stone magazine, Hunter Thompson followed the 1972 presidential candidates on their campaign trails, observing the heat of the political battle and "reporting from the heart of the hurricane." As a result, a book was born that has become a classic of gonzo journalism. On the one hand, this is a story about the mechanisms of political struggle, and on the other, an impressive story of the most dramatic period in modern US history, during which several high-profile political assassinations took place: President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. After the assassination of Kennedy Jr., the Democratic candidate in the 1968 elections, Republican Richard Nixon became President of the United States. The next election was to show whether this time the candidate from the progressive part of American society, which opposed the war in Vietnam and racial segregation, would win. Irony, bitterness, and the author's rage are mixed on the pages of this book into a cocktail of lethal force.