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Jul 7, 1971 · Hunter Stockton Thompson (1937-2005) was an American journalist and author, famous for his book Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. He is credited as the creator of Gonzo journalism, a style of reporting where reporters involve themselves in the action to such a degree that they become the central figures of their stories.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream is a 1971 novel in the gonzo journalism style by Hunter S. Thompson. The book is a roman à clef, rooted in autobiographical incidents.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Reviewed Hunter S. Thompson’s book is in the zonked, road-writing tradition of Jack Kerouac, but it lacks Kerouac’s bleeding feelings.
Jun 13, 2016 · Published in 1972, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, is the best known work of Hunter S. Thompson and the novel that launched Gonzo journalism into the public consciousness.
May 22, 1998 · Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" is a funny book by a gifted writer, who seems gifted and funny no longer. He coined the term "gonzo journalism" to describe his guerrilla approach to reporting, which consisted of getting stoned out of his mind, hurling himself at a story, and recording it in ...
Welcome to the psychedelic world of Hunter S. Thompson’s “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”! 🚗💨 This book isn’t just a piece of literature; it’s a wild, mind-bending trip through the eyes of Thompson, who is both the author and the protagonist, alongside his attorney, Dr. Gonzo.
First published in Rolling Stone magazine in November 1971 and credited to “sports editor” Raoul Duke, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas has one of the most recognizable first lines in modern literature: “We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.”
