Literary reviews by Tim Love.
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Showing posts with label Hunter S. Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hunter S. Thompson. Show all posts

Thursday, 26 August 2010

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson (Paladin, 1972)

I've read 45 pages and I'm not yet convinced. Here's a jolly snippet from p.27.

"Look outside," I said.
"Why?"
"There's a big . . . machine in the sky, . . . some kind of electric snake . . . coming straight at us."
"Shoot it," said my attorney.
"Not yet," I said. "I want to study its habits."