By: Ron Staton, Associated Press Writer (AP) Journalist Hunter S. Thompson is recovering but faces surgery after breaking his leg in a fall at his Waikiki hotel, his wife said Tuesday.
Thompson had traveled to Hawaii to cover Sunday's Honolulu Marathon as a columnist for ESPN.com. His wife said he was injured early Friday when he slipped on the bathroom floor.
After a brief hospital say, Thompson, 66, and his wife were returning Tuesday night or Wednesday morning to their home in Aspen, Colo., where he will have surgery.
"The first few days he was in a lot of pain," Anita Thompson told The Associated Press. But "he is a fast healer."
Thompson had planned to join actor Josh Hartnett on the pace vehicle for the annual marathon.
Hartnett will co-star in
The Rum Diary, the movie version of Thompson's book based on his adventures in Puerto Rico, where he worked as a journalist in 1959 after being fired from a small-town newspaper in New York.
Thompson still plans his first visit back to Puerto Rico to act as consultant when shooting for
The Rum Diary begins this month or next, his wife said.
Anita Thompson was the writer's 30-year-old assistant when they married in Aspen on April 24.
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