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Stylish reissue of a classic, first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. 'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold! And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas!' As knights of old buckled on armour of supernatural power, so Hunter S. Thompson enters Las Vegas armed with a veritable arsenal of 'heinous chemicals'. His perilous, drug-enhanced confrontations with casino operators, bartenders, police officers and assorted representatives of the Silent Majority have a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror never before seen on the printed page.
HarperCollins Publishers (UK) | |
2005 | |
9780007204496 | |
paperback (B format) - 224 Pages | |
Illustrations | |
Steadman, Ralph |
Average rating (4 reviews)
Mostly Good.
Riobux | 14/02/2008 | See all Riobux's reviews (1) »
A drugged up trip of a book
judals | 10/01/2008 | See all judals' reviews (2) »
This is an often uncomfortable yet fascinating read which reveals alot of the real 1971 America whether it would like to recognise itself or not in Fear and Loathing. Hunter S Thompson's style is hectic, frenzied and shocking. A dramatic crusade to find the true American Dream in which only the corrupt seem to win. Definitely a modern classic worth discovering.
A must read
Toydestroyer | 07/11/2007 | See all Toydestroyer's reviews (7) »
Genius of a book, a classic that is a must for any bookworm in my humble opinion. Saying that the subject of drugs may not be to everyones taste, but for those who dare will certainly find a winner.
A great simulation of a drug filled weekend while trying to find the American dream.
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