Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream50th Anniversary Edition • With an introduction by Caity Weaver, acclaimed New York Times journalist This cult classic of gonzo journalism 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. Also a major motion picture directed by Terry Gilliam, starring Johnny Depp and Benicio del Toro. |
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User Review - bdgamer - LibraryThingI remember reading about Thompson way back during my O-levels. His 'gonzo' style of writing - mixing reality and fiction together in a journalistic style - was fascinating. I was also intrigued by the ... Read full review
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User Review - gypsysmom - LibraryThingIt was 50 years ago that this book was published. I thought that was as good an excuse as any to read it in 2021. I remember 1971 pretty well--it was the year I graduated from high school and started ... Read full review
Contents
| 3 | |
Section 2 | 11 |
Section 3 | 14 |
Section 4 | 17 |
Section 5 | 27 |
Section 6 | 35 |
Section 7 | 41 |
Section 8 | 53 |
Section 16 | 109 |
Section 17 | 121 |
Section 18 | 129 |
Section 19 | 137 |
Section 20 | 143 |
Section 21 | 151 |
Section 22 | 161 |
Section 23 | 169 |
Section 9 | 63 |
Section 10 | 69 |
Section 11 | 75 |
Section 12 | 83 |
Section 13 | 89 |
Section 14 | 99 |
Section 15 | 103 |
Section 24 | 177 |
Section 25 | 187 |
Section 26 | 195 |
Section 27 | 198 |
Section 28 | 201 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream |
| Author | Hunter S. Thompson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 030774406X, 9780307744067 |
| Length | 224 pages |
| Subjects | › Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers Language Arts & Disciplines / Journalism Travel / Essays & Travelogues |
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