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From: rsk@pucc-j (Wombat)
Newsgroups: net.books
Subject: Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"
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Date: Tue, 10-Dec-85 18:01:41 EST
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Posted: Tue Dec 10 18:01:41 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 12-Dec-85 05:13:27 EST
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This is one of the oddest and most compelling books I've read in some time.  
HST presents an odyssey through Vegas in 1971, and manages to cover a week-long
drug binge, a motorcycle race, a drug enforcement convention, and the cultural
wasteland all at once.  Once you get accustomed to his stream-of-consciouness
writing style, it flows nicely.

I'll add one quick quote, just to give you the flavor of the book:

"All this had been picked up the night before, in a frenzy of high-speed
driving all over Los Angeles County -- from Topanga to Watts, we picked
up everything that we could get our hands on.  Not that we *needed* all
that for the trip, but once you get locked into a serious drug collection,
the tendency is to push it as far as you can."
-- 
Rich Kulawiec pur-ee!rsk purdue-!rsk rsk@purdue-asc.arpa rsk@asc.purdue.edu