Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Hunter S. Thompson
Humor
James Mustich
Jul 30, 2018
Whacked out and drug crazed; riotous and exuberant; immature and irresponsible; brilliantly original and more than a little insane, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas chronicles the “bad craziness” that overtook Hunter S. Thompson and a sidekick on a journalistic assignment in 1971. It’s a book of headlong prose, reckless conduct, and delirious inspiration. The backstory in brief: Thompson was commissioned by Sports Illustrated to attend a motorcycle race in Las Vegas and write a short item about it. He went to Vegas as promised, but that’s where all resemblance to normal journalism ended. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was first published as a two-part series in Rolling Stone, where British artist Ralph Steadman’s bizarre slash-and-splatter illustrations proved the perfect visual counterpart to Thompson’s compelling stylistic bravura. Thus was born the “gonzo journalism” that Thompson practiced for the rest of his influential writing career—although he would never again, frankly, “gonzo” anywhere near as memorably as he did in this outlandish tour de force.
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Jerry Wingo
Apr 12
the greatest book on campaign life that there is
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