Fear and loathing in Las Vegas
a savage journey to the heart of the American dream
Book - 1998
Records the experiences of a free-lance writer who embarked on a zany journey into the drug culture.
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Language: | English |
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New York :
Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc.,
1998.
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Edition: | Second Vintage Books Edition. |
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Place a Hold
by Thompson, Hunter S.
Published 1998
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245 | 1 | 0 | |a Fear and loathing in Las Vegas : |b a savage journey to the heart of the American dream / |c by Hunter S. Thompson ; illustrated by Ralph Steadman. |
250 | |a Second Vintage Books Edition. | ||
264 | 1 | |a New York : |b Vintage Books, a division of Random House, Inc., |c 1998. | |
300 | |a 204 pages : |b illustrations ; |c 21 cm | ||
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500 | |a Reprint. Originally published in book form: New York : Random House, 1972. | ||
500 | |a Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Raoul Duke first appeared in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971. | ||
520 | |a Records the experiences of a free-lance writer who embarked on a zany journey into the drug culture. | ||
505 | 0 | |a Part 1. -- 2. The seizure of $300 from a pig woman in Beverly Hills -- 3. Strange medicine on the desert...a crisis of confidence -- 4. Hideous music and the sound of many shotguns...rude vibes on a Saturday evening in Vegas -- 5. Covering the story...a glimpse of the press in action...ugliness and failure -- 6. A night on the town...confrontation at the Desert Inn...drug frenzy at the Circus-Circus -- 7. Paranoid terror...and the awful spector of sodomy... a flashing of knives and green water -- 8. "Genius 'round the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle 'round" -- 9. No sympathy for the devil...newsmen tortured?...flight into madness -- 10. Western Union intervenes: a warning from Mr. Heem...new assignment from the sports desk and a savage invitation from the police -- 11. Aaawww, mama, can this really be the end?...down and out in Vegas, with amphetamine psychosis again? -- 12. Hellish speed...grappling with the California Highway Patrol...mana a mano on Highway 61 -- Part 2 -- 2. Another day, another convertible...and another motel full of cops -- 3. Savage Lucy...'teeth like baseballs, eyes like jellied fire' -- 4. No refuge for degenerates...reflections on a murderous junkie -- 5. A terrible experience with extremely dangerous drugs -- 6. Getting down to business...opening day at the Drug Convention -- 7. If you don't know, come to learn...if you know, come to teach -- 8. Back door beauty...and finally a bit of serious drag racing on the Strip -- 9. Breakdown on Paradise Blvd. -- 10. Heavy duty at the airport...ugly Peruvian flashback...'no! it's too late! don't try it!' -- 11. Fraud? larceny? rape? a brutal connection with the Alice from linen service -- 12. Return to the Circus-Circus...looking for the ape...to Hell with the American dream -- 13. End of the road...death of the whale...soaking sweats at the airport -- 14. Farewell to Vegas...'God's mercy on you swine!'. | |
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