The crazy tales of HST’s "coverage" of a Honolulu marathon event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. The Curse of Lono features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which HST became known and loved. It complements the fury of Thompson's writing. It is pure visceral madness and stakes its claim with any of his best works, nothing short of what those of us who care have come to know as life-blood joy and the frenzied understanding of more than a few generations of enlightenment.