This tale of savage overindulgence is in many ways a reaction to the failure of the 1960's counterculture movement. Dr Hunter S. Thompson and his Attorney travel to Las Vegas with almost every narcotic known to man, in search of the American dream, the Mint 400 and the Drug Conference for an unnerving amount of misinformed American cops.
What ensues is a sleeplessly intense 3 day trip involving bats and convertibles, casinos and polar bears, riddled with twisted humor, Wild Turkey-razor sharp wit and chemically clear observation.
Thanks to the media massacre of the 1960's Hippies, fear and hysteria surrounded drugs in 1971 America. Hunter wanted to find out what was left of those ideals, to push it as far as it would go, and see what level of freedom was left to do so.
This excerpt from the book is when the Dr of Gonzo Journalism ponders San Francisco in the mid sixties. The passage is thought to be so poignant of that era that its known as the Wave Speech.
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