Put the Drugs in the Trunk Prompt #1 Chapter #1

I liked how the book began. I've seen the movie before so I knew the main gist of the plot but I was not expecting Thompson to jump right into the drug abuse. It's a different topic for a book, but also a very interesting one and i really liked how the book started. "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of he desert swhen the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like 'I fee a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...' And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car..." (Thompson 1) This is how the book begins and I thought it was a very strange, yet original beginning.