Vonnegut focuses on the death of a nation and its dream, a similar theme to that of another celebrated American author - Joseph Heller. ... Gonzo is a kind of "grass-roots" journalism, unedited and written as though the journalist themselves is a key character in the events unfolding. ... However, unlike Vonnegut and Heller's existential critique, Thompson's Stanislavskian reportage (that is, a kind of "method writing" conducive to great verisimilitude) involves him directly participating in the search for - and death of - the American Dream. ... Heller once wrote about Closing...

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