Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Published in 1971, this narrative sends the journalist Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr Gonzo to Las Vegas on a magazine assignment, first to cover a motorcycle race and then a district attorneys' narcotics conference. They travel with a trunk of drugs, wreck hotel rooms, and treat the Strip as a laboratory for what Duke calls the American Dream. The book mixes reportage, hallucination, and comic set pieces about cars, casinos, and official anti-drug culture. It is a first-person account of a failed assignment that becomes a tour of excess in the desert resort.

Bound in orange cloth printed and blocked with an image in silver and dark brown. Black slipcase printed with title in orange. (In 2024, signed by the artist Ralph Steadman).