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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

by Hunter S Thompson

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ISBN13: 9780679785897
ISBN10: 0679785892
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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 undertaken.

Now this cult classic of gonzo journalism is a major motion picture from Universal, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro.  Opens everywhere on May 22, 1998.

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"[A] kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out." Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

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"Among journalists I have but one hero, and that is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson. I honor him because he reports the simple facts, in plain language, of what he sees around him. His style is mistaken for fantastic, drug-crazed exaggeration, but that was to be expected. As always in this country, they only laugh at you when you tell the truth. Dr. Thompson's problem is how to equal, without merely imitating, the scholarly precision of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is really much more than a journalist. Not a journalist at all, but one who sees ? a seer." Edward Abbey

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good 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 undertaken.
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Hunter S. Thompson lives in Woody Creek, Colorado.
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AciDTrip, September 10, 2006 (view all comments by AciDTrip)
Seriously, if there was a higher number than 5, id rate this book higher. This story is basically about 2 guys in the early 70's who take a trip through Death Valley to Las Vegas, where they spend most of their time committing capitol fraud by checking into hotel rooms with fake names and trashing them, tripping out on a number of different drugs such as mescaline, acid, cocaine and ether, and suffering from severe paranoia. There really is no story to it, but thats what makes it my favourite book. I highly recommend this book and the movie as well. The movie was made in 1998 and stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke, Benicio Del Toro as Dr. Gonzo, and camoes include, Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, and Cameron Diaz.....Trippy movie and kick ass soundtrack!
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Seriously, if there was a higher number than 5 to rate this book, id rate it higher. Basically this story is about 2 guys in the early 70's who take a trip to Las Vegas. Their time in Vegas is spent tripping out on a number of different drugs, and committing capitol fraud by checking into hotels with fake names. Theres not much of a story like your everyday novel, but its definetly my favourite book.
If you read this book, be sure to check out the movie. It was made in 1998 and stars Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio Del Toro as Dr.Gonzo...camoes include Gary Busey, Christina Ricci, and Cameron Diaz. Trippy movie and awesome soundtrack!
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ISBN:
9780679785897
Subtitle:
A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Author:
Steadman, Ralph
Author:
Thompson, Hunter S.
Author:
Steadman, Ralph
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
United States - 20th Century/60s
Subject:
Journalism
Subject:
Popular Culture
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Thompson, hunter s., 1937-
Subject:
Thompson, Hunter S
Subject:
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Subject:
Popular Culture - General
Copyright:
1971
Edition Number:
2
Edition Description:
2nd Vintage Books ed.
Series Volume:
FS-081-98
Publication Date:
May 1998
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.04x5.24x.61 in. .46 lbs.
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