First published 2000
Journalist Hunter S. Thompson dives headfirst into the chaos of 1960s America, chasing stories from the presidential campaign trail to the streets of Aspen. Armed with a trunk full of narcotics and a thirst for the absurd, he navigates a country on the brink, bearing witness to the crumbling of the counterculture and the rise of a new political order. Through his acerbic lens, the line between reality and madness blurs, leaving readers to question what is real and what is merely fear and loathing.
Genres: literary-fiction, 20th-century, american, journalism
Vibes: dark, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, unreliable-narrator
Setting: United States
Period: 1960s
756 pages · Hardcover · Simon & Schuster
Content warnings: drug-use, violence