Fear and loathing in Las Vegas, and other American stories

returning to this as an old man, in some ways i’m surprised how good this is. the hst character, dr gonzo, is a gentleman loser, straight out of a steely dan song. thompson’s prose is truly wonderful. on the other hand, it is often puerile and stupid, and the 60s white journo hipster-style racist and sexist jokes don’t age well at all.

Wow. This book is bloody brilliant. It goes along at one hell of a pace. The book starts off hilariously funny, some of the things they get up to and how they stay under some kind of control makes for an awesome read.

It's not all fun and games though, the fear and the loathing soon start to creep into them, there is so much paranoia its hard to keep up. How they don't end up dead, especially with how violent the attorney is, amazed me.

The favourite part of the book for me though was the illustrations, I loved examining them and they really add to the experience of the read.

Hunter S. Thompson is one of my favourite authors.