Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780679785897)

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.

Author: Hunter S. Thompson
ISBN-10: 0679785892
ISBN-13: 9780679785897
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 05/12/1998
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.46lbs
Size: 8.04h x 5.24w x 0.61d

Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 12/11/2009 pg. 37
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/2015 pg. 45

About the Author
Hunter S. Thompson (July 18, 1937 -- February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author. He was known for his flamboyant writing style, most notably deployed in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, which blurred the distinctions between writer and subject, fiction and nonfiction.

The best source on Thompson's writing style and personality is Thompson himself. His books include Hell's Angels: A Strange and Terrible Saga (1966), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream (1972), Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 (1973); The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time (1979); The Curse of Lono(1983); Generation of Swine, Gonzo Papers Vol. 2: Tales of Shame and Degradation in the 80's (1988); and Songs of the Doomed (1990).