Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Wild, hallucinatory, and unforgettable, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is Hunter S. Thompson’s blistering portrait of the American Dream gone mad. Blending fact and fiction in a dizzying road trip through the neon wasteland of 1970s Las Vegas, Thompson—alongside his equally unhinged attorney, Dr. Gonzo—dives headfirst into a surreal odyssey of excess, paranoia, and moral decay.

Written in Thompson’s groundbreaking “Gonzo journalism” style, the novel explodes traditional boundaries of reporting and storytelling. Beneath its chaotic humor and drug-fueled misadventures lies a searing critique of capitalism, corruption, and the hollow promises of American consumer culture.

Both a savage satire and a tragic elegy, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas remains one of the most iconic and subversive works of modern literature—a psychedelic mirror held up to a nation in denial.

Perfect for readers who love: counterculture writing, political satire, literary journalism, and the radical spirit of the 1960s and 1970s.