Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
A book by Hunter S. Thompson about a drug-fueled trip to Las Vegas, widely considered a classic of Gonzo journalism.
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"To this day if you read Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail or if you read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas or you any of his work you know the Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved like it's just a phenomenal encapsulation of that."
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"Hunter S. Thompson, the writer. He's the one that they did that Johnny Depp movie, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. It's based on one of his books."
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"Not only is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas about sort of the emptiness of the American dream, but he goes to that FBI convention and he's sort of perfectly caricaturizing that figure of American authority in that time."
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