Daniel de Visé on "Savage Journey"

I appreciated this review of Savage Journey, which appeared in the Washington Indepedent Review of Books. Daniel de Visé zeroes in on the major themes and claims, and he ends with this:

Someone close to Thompson told me recently that she never reads books about him because they are largely populated with “people making up theories” about someone they barely knew. Savage Journey wisely focuses on the man’s work, which speaks for itself. It’s a good read.

Exactly right about my intention here. We already have the Thompson biographies; this one is about the work--and how he managed to produce it.