“We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers… Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and two dozen amyls. “Who are these people, these faces? Where do they come from? They look like caricatures of used car dealers from Dallas, and sweet Jesus, there were a hell of a lot of them at 4:30 on a Sunday morning, still humping the American dream, that vision of the big winner somehow emerging from the last minute pre-dawn chaos of a stale Vegas casino.” - Raul Duke Today we present some of the most memorable quotes from the book. The book also featured Ralph Steadman’s unique illustrations which really made the drug-induced nature of the book stand out and helped capture the disjointed narrative. The book became a very famous book in the 1970’s for American readers and was a classic during that era. The book received many negative reviews from the critics due to its rambling plot and drug usage. It also captures what the US was like in the 60’s and 70’s. The book is a wild, drug fueled ride with a focus on brazen drug usage which was very unusual at the time. Hunter Thompson admitted that while he was writing the book he consumed Chivas Regal, Dunhills, cocaine, orange juice, marijuana, Heineken, huge helpings of food, LSD, Chartreuse, clove cigarettes, gin and watched many pornographic movies! The 1998 movie was produced by famed director Terry Gilliam and starred Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke and Benicio Del Toro as Dr. The novel first appeared as a 2 part series in Rolling Stone magazine in 1971 and then officially published as a novel in 1972.

The book was published in 1971 and many years later the movie was released in May of 1998. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is by far his most famous book. American journalist Hunter S Thompson is a mythical figure, partly by his own design.

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