FEAR & LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS

FirstpublishedinRollingStonemagazinein1971,FearandLoathinginLasVegasisHunterS.Thompson'ssavagelycomicaccountofwhathappenedtothiscountryinthe1960s.Itistoldthroughthewriter'saccountofanassignmentheundertookwithhisattorneytovisitLasVegasand"checkitout."Thebookstandsasthefinalwordonthehighsandlowsofthatdecade,oneofthedefiningworksofourtime,andastylisticandjournalistictourdeforce.AsChristopherLehmann-HauptwroteinTheNewYorkTimes,ithas"akindofmad,corrosiveprosepoetrythatpicksupwhereNormanMailer'sAnAmericanDreamleftoffandexploreswhatTomWolfeleftout."ThisModernLibraryeditionfeaturesRalphSteadman'soriginaldrawingsandthreecompanionpiecesselectedbyDr.Thompson:"JacketCopyforFearandLoath-inginLasVegas,""StrangeRumblingsinAztlan,"and"TheKentuckyDerbyIsDeca-dentandDepraved."