{"product_id":"fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-and-other-american-stories-hardcover","title":"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Other American Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRalph Steadman\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e50th-anniversary edition of the\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eclassic, savagely comic account of a trip to Las Vegas that came to represent what happened to America in the 1960s--and a founding document of \"gonzo journalism\"--featuring the original artwork by Ralph Steadman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eand a new introduction by Caity Weaver\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e magazine in 1971, \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e is told through Hunter S. Thompson's story of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and \"check it out.\" The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, it has \"a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's \u003ci\u003eAn American Dream\u003c\/i\u003e left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis 50th-anniversary Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings, a new introduction by \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e writer Caity Weaver, and three companion pieces selected by Thompson: \"Jacket Copy for \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e,\" \"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan,\" and \"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved.\"\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson's savagely comic account of what happened to this country in the 1960s. It is told through the writer's account of an assignment he undertook with his attorney to visit Las Vegas and \"check it out.\" The book stands as the final word on the highs and lows of that decade, one of the defining works of our time, and a stylistic and journalistic tour de force. As Christopher Lehmann-Haupt wrote in The New York Times, it has \"a kind of mad, corrosive prose poetry that picks up where Norman Mailer's An American Dream left off and explores what Tom Wolfe left out.\"\u003cbr\u003e This Modern Library edition features Ralph Steadman's original drawings and three companion pieces selected by Dr. Thompson: \"Jacket Copy for Fear and Loath-\u003cbr\u003eing in Las Vegas,\" \"Strange Rumblings in Aztlan,\" and \"The Kentucky Derby Is Deca-\u003cbr\u003edent and Depraved.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHunter S. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937 and died in Colorado in 2005. He contributed regularly to a wide variety of publications but is probably best known for his work as national-affairs correspondent for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone, \u003c\/i\u003e in which \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72\u003c\/i\u003e originally appeared. He originated \"gonzo journalism,\" in which the reporter is a part of the story. \u003ci\u003eFear and Loathing in Las Vegas\u003c\/i\u003e was made into a major motion picture, directed by Terry Gilliam and starring Johnny Depp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.4 x 5.62 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 1998\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51992345936173,"sku":"9780679602989","price":26.59,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/N285Y0drdnpnYVVnS3BjeFdpZHlzQT09.webp?v=1776325849","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/fear-and-loathing-in-las-vegas-and-other-american-stories-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}