The mood of the country had turned very quickly with a string of events and news that decimated the optimism of the late '60s. Gonzo are not hippies they're disillusioned ex-hippies, and the changes they once hoped to enact have failed to happen. Published in 1971, Fear And Loathing promised us "A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream" - what it delivered was a state of the nation, a snapshot of America leaving the '60s behind. Thompson's Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas, depicting a pair of misfits on a drug-fueled lost weekend, is an essential book of the '70s.
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