Las Vegas Fear and Loathing - Hunter S. Thompson Author: H. Hunter Thompson Title: Las Vegas paranoid. A wild heart of the American dream Original Title: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey in the Heart of the American dream Translator: Philippe Mikriammos Edition: 10/18 Collection: foreign domain date: June 1994 Number of pages: 208 p. Cover:
Dedication: "Bob Geiger, for reasons that there is no need to explain here - and Bob Dylan, for Mister Tambourine Man "
Quote: " Whatever is done beast gets rid of the pain of being human. "Dr. Johnson
Presentation of the author by the publisher: Hunter S. Thompson was born in 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. It begins his career in journalism as a sports columnist in Florida, then collaborated with titles as diverse as Esquire . The New York Times , The Rolling Stones and National Observer in South America. Reporter azimuth and unlikely politician, he became famous in the late sixties by inventing gonzo style, kinds of stories which the author is deluded himself the hero. He published among other Las Vegas Parano , The great shark hunt , The New Testament and Gonzo Hells Angels. Hunter S. Thompson killed himself in February 2005.
Presentation Editor: "We posting to Las Vegas convention of all the Narcotics Squad of America. Dr. Gonzo rushes ... and discovers hundreds of cops Stups released into the hell of game! and therefore in the middle, Hunter S. Thompson, drinking huge glasses of bourbon, smoking joints, sniffing cocaine, breaking bulbs of poppers under his nose on lectures from seventy hours without sleep, returning to his room for delirious hours on his typewriter and swing the final outcome in Rolling Stone ... Las Vegas is a scandal. And a classic American wild Delatte, a book which is not apparent over, as if reading caused alterations in the cortex, or as if the learned hodgepodge of words woven at a frenetic pace had the power to cause flash- acid back in the reader. " Philippe Manoeuvre, New Look
Comment: 1971. While war raged in Vietnam, the psychedelic phenomenon of LSD seized in the United States. J JOURNALIST sports Hunter S. Thompson aka Raoul Duke, is sent by his leadership in Las Vegas to cover one of the biggest events of the year: the famous Mint 400. Accompanied by Dr Gonzo (lawyer), here it is launched in a race driving a Great Red Shark stuffed with drugs of all kinds. Then sent to the National Conference of Prosecutors on Narcotics Drugs and dangerous, Duke must return to Vegas to write a paper after a leak fantastic ...
epic story of a completely crazy, this text, largely autobiographical, is a reflection of its time. A time with many daydreams where people still believe in the American dream . And drugged to the core, our two heroes evolve "flashes" in scandals a path strewn bats, lizards and other comedy. Fu-laughs, paranoia or panic attacks, our buddies discover throughout their trip, a delusional America: casinos us into ultra-modern form of circus or circus-like casino, the duo takes us through the days wildest imaginable available. The replicas are as absurd as scathing and we discover with pleasure gonzo journalism accents undoubtedly provocative.
faithfully adapted for the screen by Terry Gilliam , Las Vegas Parano perfectly symbolizes the reign of a bygone era. This crazy adventure certainly dangerous but extremely exciting, we would like to have lived a quarter. Unfortunately, every time his dreams. Ours does not lend itself to it and with a little envy that I shared this experience gonzo. Many people have tried to style. Few have been able to match eccentricity and spontaneity "ultra-subjective "Hunter. Read this book so over thirty five years after the fact does not detract from its charm. Instead, what a beautiful tribute to freedom! Read So for fans of the 1970s when everything was still possible, even be paid to say what we think and do what we want ...
Excerpts: "The Circus-Circus is what all those in the know would do on a Saturday night if the Nazis had won the war. This is the sixth Reich. The ground floor is covered with gaming tables, as all other casinos ... only the ceiling is four floors up, in the style of a circus tent, and it goes on all sorts of strange Madness mid-Canton Fair, half-Polish carnival. "p.51
"Sauté pellets nipples this dyke of three meters and you win a cotton candy goat." p.52
"No, this is not a good city for droques psychedelics. Reality itself is too distorted. "P. 53 about Las Vegas
" It was treacherous, stupid and demented in every way of view - but it was not possible to miss the hints of humor hovering on the idea of a gonzo journalist and struggling with a psychedelic episode virtual terminal that would be asked to provide reporting on the Conference National Counsel on narcotics and dangerous drugs. " p.84