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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream

Hunter S. Thompson,

Ralph Steadman (Illustrator)

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Dec 25, 2006 Otis Chandler rated it liked it

Shelves: fiction

I think from this book i learned what tripping on some serious shit must be like. If are masochistic, you might like it (but it might be dangerous).

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Aug 13, 2013 Arianna rated it really liked it

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Dear Reader,

I almost didn't want to admit I had just read this book - partly because it's taken me so long to get around to it, but more because I don't even know how to write a review of this book! It's so very difficult. But...I'll give it a go:

I really enjoyed the book. Almost couldn't put it down, and I did fly through it. The reading of this story went much more easily than I thought it would. The movie was a very, very close depiction, if that helps at all. There are actually ...more

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Aug 17, 2012 Francisco rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: novela, estadounidenses

La mera acumulación de anécdotas relacionadas con el consumo indiscriminado de sustancias psicotrópicas, las obsesiones sexuales y el ocio industrializado no constituyen, per se, una gran narración. Eso sí, el espíritu provocador, la narración sincopada, el fluir delirante y rápido consiguen enredarnos hasta que termina el libro.
Muy entretenido... pero esperaba más.

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