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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
5.0
challenging dark emotional funny reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

"History is hard to know, because of all of the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of 'history' it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time- and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened."   - Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, page 67

An insane and spiraling examination of culture and counterculture in Nixon-era America enmeshed with grotesquely appropriate artwork. The drugged-out American novel I really needed.