Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Hunter S. Thompson
- First Published: 1972
- Type of Work: Nonfiction
- Genres: Nonfiction, New Journalism
- Subjects: 1970’s, Journalism or journalists, Traveling or travelers, American Dream, Alcohol, Drugs, Paranoia, Quest, Las Vegas
- Locales: Las Vegas, NV
Standing posthumously somewhere behind Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the figure of Horatio Alger, Jr. A nineteenth century author of rags-to-riches fairy tales, Alger wrote stories describing how the littlest guy, through nothing more than hard work and determination, could succeed and achieve the American Dream. The conclusions to which Thompson takes that initial premise in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas probably go well beyond anything Alger ever possibly conceived.
The plot itself is simple. Thompson and his lawyer, operating under the absurd pseudonyms...
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