Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas【厌恶拉斯维加斯】

图书标准信息

• 作者 Hunter S. Thompson 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins UK
• 出版时间 2005-04
• ISBN 9780007204496
• 定价 87.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 240页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Harper Perennial Modern Classics

【内容简介】

‘WeweresomewherearoundBarstowontheedgeofthedesertwhenthedrugsbegantotakehold.Iremembersayingsomethinglike,“Ifeelabitlightheaded;maybeyoushoulddrive…”’HunterS.ThompsonisroaringdownthedeserthighwaytoLasVegaswithhisattorney,theSamoan,tofindthedarksideoftheAmericanDream.Armedwithadrugarsenalofstupendousproportions,theduoengageinasurrealsuccessionofchemicallyenhancedconfrontationswithcasinooperators,policeofficersandassortedMiddleAmericans.ThisstylishreissueofHunterS.Thompson’siconicmasterpiece,acontroversialbestsellerwhenitappearedin1971,featuresthebrilliantRalphSteadmanillustrationsoftheoriginal.ItbringstoanewgenerationthehallucinatoryhumourandnightmareterrorofHunterS.Thompson’smusingsonthecollapseoftheAmericanDream.

【作者简介】

HunterS.ThompsonwasborninLouisville,Kentuckyin1937anddiedinColoradoin2005.Afull-timewriterandjournalist,hecontributedregularlytoawidevarietyofpublications,butisprobablybestknownforhisworkasNationalAffairscorrespondentfor'RollingStone',inwhich'FearandLoathinginLasVegas'and'FearandLoathing:OntheCampaignTrail'72'originallyappeared.'FearandLoathinginLasVegas'hasbeenmadeintoamajorfilm,directedbyTerryGilliamandstarringJohnnyDepp.RalphSteadmanisoneofBritain'sbest-knowncartoonistsandillustrators.Hisbooksinclude'I,Leonardo'andthebestsellingillustrated'AnimalFarm'.