Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Intro

I will be reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson. It is a novel about a two man road trip where they are driving from Hollywood to Las Vegas. The two men decide to load up on alcohol and illegal drugs to make the trip more interesting. A trunk full of paraphernalia keeps the two men over for the duration of the excursion. Hunter S. Thompson was an American journalist/author most known for Fear and Loathing. Thompson is also credited with creating Gonzo journalism where the author includes himself in the story and usually becomes the central figure. Thompson was also a wide user of alcohol and psychedelics. He also had a great distaste for any authority. Fear and Loathing is based off of a trip Thompson took with a friend to Las Vegas to cover the Mint 400 motorcycle race, the same scenario in the novel. The article Thompson wrote from this trip was much too long for any magazine, and the result was Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. I have seen parts of the movie, so reading the book seemed very interesting to me.