Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Name: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Author: Hunter S. Thompson

by Hunter S. Thompson

Hallucinogenic drug use and Las Vegas mayhem: gonzo journalism masterpiece

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Hunter S. Thompson

American journalist who invented Gonzo journalism, in which the reporter becomes the subject of the story. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is equal parts drug memoir, political satire, and elegy for the American Dream. He shot himself at 67 as his health declined.

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