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Every adolescent should read and fully understand the novels To Kill a Mockingbird, Of Mice & Men, Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm, and Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories
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A book about the world of drugs in Las Vegas. "The best book on the dope decade." -- "NY Times Book Review"
283 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1,1971
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283 pages, Hardcover
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January 1, 1996 by Modern Library
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9780679602989
- ASIN
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0679602984
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English
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En udødelig klassiker!
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If you don't love HST then you've somehow failed.
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Not only is this one of my all time favorites, but I dare anyone to find a better opening in any book, ever. On top of the fabulous craziness in Fear and Loathing, you should definitely get a copy with The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved (the true birth of Gonzo) and Strange Rumblings in Aztlan (one of the best pieces of straight journalism ever). Read It!
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Few authors in history have successfully synthesized logic and imagination (or the conscious and subconscious minds) as did Thompson. Perhaps the most relevant part of this edition is the longform article, Strange Rumblings in Aztlan. In it, Thompson covers the civil unrest in the East Los Angeles barrios of the 1970s. It's an all too familiar American tale of racial profiling, police brutality, and peace protests turned to riots by aggressive law enforcement. Particularly relevant is the scandalous police cover-up of the killing of Ruben Salazar, a prominent Chicano journalist.
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If you've been to Las Vegas, you'll understand it probably would be the most terrifying place to be high on drugs. Or maybe you speak from experience. In any case, I don't think you've done as many drugs as Hunter S. Thompson/Raoul Duke reputedly does in Fear and Loathing in any locale. People are clearly drawn to this book because of it, and it is perversely fascinating, truth be damned. It's a dysphoric period piece capturing the burnout from the 60's with Thompson's own weirdness melded in.
It was only after I saw the movie (yeah, yeah, I know - highly recommended though) that I realized how comedic parts of F&L really are. Comedy that skids off the road, though, into sobering horror and near-misses of all kinds of violence. There is something really dark lurking beneath, and I think it has a lot to do with the entitlement of dominant masculinity.
Also, "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" and "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" were good additions.
It was only after I saw the movie (yeah, yeah, I know - highly recommended though) that I realized how comedic parts of F&L really are. Comedy that skids off the road, though, into sobering horror and near-misses of all kinds of violence. There is something really dark lurking beneath, and I think it has a lot to do with the entitlement of dominant masculinity.
Also, "Strange Rumblings in Aztlan" and "The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved" were good additions.
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the movie follows the novel pretty damn closely, so i wish i had had the opportunity to read this before seeing the movie a million times. still mad and enjoyable! makes me want to take a crazy, drug-fueled adventure.
4 stars, but i already loved it before i read it so i am biased.
4 stars, but i already loved it before i read it so i am biased.
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I dig it yo, a true literary visionary. Get into some sort of insanity then write it.
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