Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

By Hunter S. Thompson

  • Release Date: 1989-07-17
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4.5
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Description

50th 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.

Reviews

  • Funny, sad, profane, and profound

    5
    By The Travelin Man
    There are few books that are both a snapshot of a moment in time and timeless all at once quite like this one. By the same token there are few where you don’t really know if the narrator is telling you the truth, if it’s hyperbole… or what. All I know is this: I find myself reading the book once a year or so, each time laughing like crazy, struck by HST’s. insight, and sad when it’s over.

  • Gods Mercy On You Swine!!

    5
    By Dickiosk Maximous
    An epic, fun and enthralling tale from begging to end. Full of good laughs, entertainment and experience. A timeless classic!

  • Gonzo journalism

    5
    By PSY :)
    A great story told by a great man. Keep inspiring.

  • What an interesting ride! This dude is off the chain, for real!

    5
    By Stoked777
    Hunter S. Thompson was out of his mind, but what an interesting perspective on things. We digest most of our information from the “normal” perspective and for good reason, but sometimes it is interesting to hear different points of view.

  • Fear & Loathing in LV - HST

    1
    By RVSlk
    Nothing like a waste of ten bucks….This is true crap from a prevailing want to be drug experimenter in the early 70’s….And you wondered where “fake news” come from….Just sayin

  • Top tier writing!

    5
    By JDsail94
    Gonzo style writing speaks for itself. Was truly a delight to read such a profoundly eccentric but delicious book.

  • REALLY GOOD BOOK

    5
    By Dankkdani
    This is the best book I have ever read in my 18 years of life. The first few words rearrange your imagination and set you up for the rest of the trip. And the movie, ohh the movie, it matches up almost perfectly with Thompson’s writing. It’s amazing.

  • Fear and loathing in Las Vegas

    5
    By Losa 44
    One of the best books I have ever read. I can't believe how amazing this book was.

  • HST: FLLV

    5
    By Bcgx7777777777
    Captivating and interesting...

  • Savage and witty

    5
    By TristansHaze
    I've been a Thompson fan for a very long time, and read most of his books, but this is my favorite one. The Terry Gilliam movie version is greatly entertaining but this outshines it by at least 100%, and it is mostly because of the commentary and savage wit. The sense of disillusionment, the horror at the disgusting "respectable "people who populate Vegas at that time and the realization the sixties really are over -- it comes through clear as a death-knell. Read it, but only if you have true grit.

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