Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo
Oscar Zeta Acosta
(Author)
Description
Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's "Dr. Gonzo," a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge. Written with uninhibited candor and manic energy, this book is Acosta's own account of coming of age as a Chicano in the psychedelic sixties, of taking on impossible cases while breaking all tile rules of courtroom conduct, and of scrambling headlong in search of a personal and cultural identity. It is a landmark of contemporary Hispanic-American literature, at once ribald, surreal, and unmistakably authentic.Product Details
Price
$16.00
$14.88
Publisher
Vintage
Publish Date
July 17, 1989
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.23 X 8.02 X 0.58 inches | 0.51 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780679722137
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