Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
A fiftieth-anniversary edition of the cult classic of gonzo journalism, hailed as “the best book on the dope decade” (The New York Times Book Review), featuring Ralph Steadman’s original drawings and an introduction by Caity Weaver
The inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro
“A scorching epochal sensation!”—Tom Wolfe
First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever experienced. The writer’s account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and “check it out,” the book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of the 1960s, one of the defining works of our time and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force.
The inspiration for the major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro
“A scorching epochal sensation!”—Tom Wolfe
First published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever experienced. The writer’s account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and “check it out,” the book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of the 1960s, one of the defining works of our time and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force.
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I Just don’t think this was for me. I got the “search for the American dream”, but it honestly felt like such a small part of the plot that it didn’t really make an impact. Most of this book was about the crazy drugs they were on and their shenanigans, which was interesting on its own.
Overall, I just didn’t see much point to this book.
Overall, I just didn’t see much point to this book.
A true American classic. So outright funny. Hunter Thompson was a true pioneer in his field and an Individual. This guy has inspired me to fly my Freak Flag without shame most of my Life.
It was exhausting so much happens it seemed so much longer than it really was. This is great to represent the mentality of an overthinking and paranoid individual, if that is truly what Hunter S. Thompson was trying to do. There are little side thoughts the narrator interjects into the main plot but it moves quickly enough to not completely lose track in the story. I might read this the second time and take it in slower but I did lose interest towards the end.
The bullshit stories they tell innocent by standers is hilarious.
The bullshit stories they tell innocent by standers is hilarious.
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