Hunter S. Thompson is by far THE most entertaining writer in modern literature, it has to be said. His engrossing affilliation with substances that he swore he hadn't been taking during the writing of the major part of this novel, make this most probably the funniest piece of literature available. His quick wit and complete topsy-turvy sense of humour is only the beginning. As he travels through the desert with his attorney to "find the dark side of the American dream", they well and trully find it when they agree that any trip such as the one their making can only be made armed with a stupendous arsenal of drugs. And this they do. They engage in a completely twisted reality that is there's alone, and their journey, so infallible to their minds, leaps from one thing to the next supporting complete hysteria and laugh-out-louds situations, and I can honestly tell you there isn't a moment in this book that isn't ruthlessly fun.

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Hunter S. Thompson is by far THE most entertaining writer in modern literature, it has to be said. His engrossing affilliation with substances that he swore he hadn't been taking during the writing of the major part of this novel, make this most probably the funniest piece of literature available. His quick wit and complete topsy-turvy sense of humour is only the beginning. As he travels through the desert with his attorney to "find the dark side of the American dream", they well and trully find it when they agree that any trip such as the one their making can only be made armed with a stupendous arsenal of drugs. And this they do. They engage in a completely twisted reality that is there's alone, and their journey, so infallible to their minds, leaps from one thing to the next supporting complete hysteria and laugh-out-louds situations, and I can honestly tell you there isn't a moment in this book that isn't ruthlessly fun.

Thompson manages to bring across madness in a sweet, yet shocking form, and produces simile after simile, metaphor after metaphor of true brilliance. I wouldn't go so far as to call this book a comedy, that would suggest that Thompson is attempting to be funny. But the fact is, he IS funny, whether you want him to be or not. His discriptions of the events that took place are superb, giving you the absolute feeling that you were right in the back seat of their car with the hitchhiker himself, and even more. His emotions and the feelings of his attorney are all described and somehow justified in some twisted way, and you can't help but get pulled into the story.

Apart from being hilarious, and wildly enteraining, the book also shows an overture on the scary American dream that was large during the late sixties. The malignant culture is portrayed wonderfully, and described from the standpoint of someone who got involved himself, and he describes the whole thing from things he saw. Even after the book has finished you'll find yourself hearing Hunter S. Thompson speaking in your head describing your every move in the form of one of his writings, almost like he's part of your sub-concious. His power, delivery and intoxicatingly clever witted nature makes this book what it is: a masterpiece. No wonder it became a modern classic.

I had previously bought and loved every second of the film, so it was only natural for me go out and buy the book.

So I receive the book in post and open it like it was Christmas all over again. I begin reading and loved it. I have yet to finish but I was mildly annoyed at an ink "blotch" I found prior to page 83 (the point I'm up to). I checked the pages after it, to make sure I can destroy the play.com label on the brown padded envelope only to find a huge spray of ink on page 188 which made the text underneath just legible. I also felt a sense of disappointment when I found a name censored out due to the lawyers of the publisher. But nit-picking aside, it's everything I expected and more.

In sum it up, it's an enjoyable tale for anyone who enjoys the general drug culture or even just things that are different from the meaningless mass of books that make up the books of today. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys books at all, but then again I don't read many books so… more »

I had previously bought and loved every second of the film, so it was only natural for me go out and buy the book.

So I receive the book in post and open it like it was Christmas all over again. I begin reading and loved it. I have yet to finish but I was mildly annoyed at an ink "blotch" I found prior to page 83 (the point I'm up to). I checked the pages after it, to make sure I can destroy the play.com label on the brown padded envelope only to find a huge spray of ink on page 188 which made the text underneath just legible. I also felt a sense of disappointment when I found a name censored out due to the lawyers of the publisher. But nit-picking aside, it's everything I expected and more.

In sum it up, it's an enjoyable tale for anyone who enjoys the general drug culture or even just things that are different from the meaningless mass of books that make up the books of today. I'd recommend it to anyone who enjoys books at all, but then again I don't read many books so I can't comment how good it is in comparison to the rest of the market.