"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, `I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ...`" Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police officers and assorted Middle Americans. This stylish reissue of Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic masterpiece, a controversial bestseller when it appeared in 1971, features the brilliant Ralph Steadman illustrations of the original. It brings to a new generation the hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror of Hunter S. Thompson’s musings on the collapse of the American Dream.

"We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, `I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive ...`" Hunter S. Thompson is roaring down the desert highway to Las Vegas with his attorney, the Samoan, to find the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, the duo engage in a surreal succession of chemically enhanced confrontations with casino operators, police officers and assorted Middle Americans. This stylish reissue of Hunter S. Thompson’s iconic masterpiece, a controversial bestseller when it appeared in 1971, features the brilliant Ralph Steadman illustrations of the original. It brings to a new generation the hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror of Hunter S. Thompson’s musings on the collapse of the American Dream.

A compilation of the subversive, important and entertaining writer of Hunter S. Thompson - renowned American writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 'It would not do to be found in the desert under these circumstances: firing wildly into the cactus from a car full of drugs...' Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone showcases the evolution of the writer of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and Hell's Angels, through his work at the magazine that he helped to put on the map. Jann S. Wenner, Hunter Thompson's editor and friend for nearly thirty-five years, has chosen the pieces, including many never collected before. They show how Thompson's Rolling Stone writing, when taken as a whole, forms an extended, allusive autobiography of the writer himself as he pursues his lifelong obsession, the king-hell story of them all: The Death of the American Dream.

The Curse of Lono is to Hawaii what Fear and Loathing was to Las Vegas: the crazy tales of a journalist's "coverage" of a news event that ends up being a wild ride to the dark side of Americana. Originally published in 1983, Curse features all of the zany, hallucinogenic wordplay and feral artwork for which the Hunter S. Thompson/Ralph Steadman duo became known and loved. This curious book, considered an oddity among Hunter's oeuvre, was long out of print, prompting collectors to search high and low for an original copy. TASCHEN's signed, limited edition sold out before the book even hit the stores, but this unlimited version, in a different, smaller format, makes The Curse of Lono accessible to everyone. About the illustrator: Ralph Steadman is best known for his collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson. He is also a printmaker (his prints include a series of etchings on writers from William Shakespeare to William Burroughs). His own books include the lives of Sigmund Freud and Leonardo da Vinci and The Big I Am, the story of God. About the author: Legendary author Hunter S. Thompson (1937-2005) developed a style of writing about American life and politics that was so acerbic and over-the-top, it earned its own nickname: "gonzo journalism." His magazine articles and books-of which he penned nearly a dozen, including Hell's Angels, The Rum Diary, Songs for the Doomed, The Great Shark Hunt, and the monumental Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas-influenced a generation of writers and established his voice as an essential part of America's socio-political fabric. Portrayed on the silver screen by Bill Murray (Where the Buffalo Roam, 1980) and Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 1998), Thompson was a wild character whose persona was inseparable from his often semi-autobiographical writing. True to his image, he once said, "I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they've always worked for me."

Доктор журналистики Рауль Дюк и его адвокат Доктор Гонзо отправляются в Лас-Вегас на поиски знаменитой американской мечты. Там они совершают самые немыслимые поступки, однако чудесным образом им всё сходит с рук. По словам самого автора, они открыли для себя способ "жить так, чтобы можно было веселиться, быть диким, пить виски, до утра не ложиться спать, гонять на автомобиле по пустым улицам, чтобы в лицо дул свежий ветер и чтобы не иметь в голове ничего, кроме желания кого-то любить и не быть арестованными". В своём культовом сатирическом и автобиографическом романе икона контркультуры Хантер Томпсон ностальгирует по прошлому, прославляет революционную эпоху 60-х и глумится над консервативным американским обществом 70-х гг. Текст сокращён и адаптирован. Уровень B1.

Stylish reissue of a classic first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. 'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold… 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, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas…' As knights of old buckled on armour of supernatural power, so Hunter S. Thompson enters Las Vegas armed with a veritable arsenal of 'heinous chemicals'. His perilous, drug-enhanced confrontations with casino operators, bartenders, police officers and assorted representatives of the Silent Majority have a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror never before seen on the printed page.

Stylish reissue of a classic first published in the 1970s: Hunter S Thompson's ether-fuelled, savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. 'We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold… 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, which was going about a hundred miles an hour with the top down to Las Vegas…' As knights of old buckled on armour of supernatural power, so Hunter S. Thompson enters Las Vegas armed with a veritable arsenal of 'heinous chemicals'. His perilous, drug-enhanced confrontations with casino operators, bartenders, police officers and assorted representatives of the Silent Majority have a hallucinatory humour and nightmare terror never before seen on the printed page.

From the father of 'gonzo journalism', Hunter S. Thompson's research for Hell's Angels involved more than a year of close association with the outlaws who burned a path through 1960s America, resulting in a masterpiece of underground reportage published in Penguin Modern Classics. 'A phalanx of motorcycles cam roaring over the hill from the west ... the noise was like a landslide, or a wing of bombers passing over. Even knowing the Angels I couldn't quite handle what I was seeing.' Huge bikes, filthy denim and an aura of barely contained violence; the Hell's Angels could paralyse whole towns with fear. But how much of that reputation was myth and how much was brutal reality? Only one man could discover the truth about these latter-day barbarians; Hunter S. Thompson, Dr Gonzo himself, the man who saw the fear and loathing at the heart of the American dream. Determined to discover the truth behind the terrifying reputation of these marauding biker gangs, Thompson spent a year on the road with the Angels, documenting his hair-raising experiences with Charger Charley, Big Frank, Little Jesus and the Gimp. Hell's Angels is the hair-raising result: a free-wheeling, impressionistic counter-culture classic that made Hunter S. Thompson's name as the wild man of American writing. Hunter S. Thompson (1937 - 2005) began writing as a sports columnist in Florida. He has worked on newspapers and magazines, becoming South American correspondent for the National Observer. His novels include: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail, 1972 and The Great Shark Hunt.

Треклист 1. Dangerous 2. What's It Gonna Take? 3. Fighting Back Is The New Normal 4. Fodder For The Masses 5. Can't Go On This Way 6. Sometimes It's Just Blah Blah Blah 7. Money From America 8. Not Seeking Approval 9. Damage And Recovery 10. Nervous Breakdown 11. Absolutely Positively The Most 12. I Ain't No Celebrity 13. Stage Name 14. Fear And Self-Loathing In Las Vegas 15. Pretending

Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание: Big Brother & The Holding Company – Combination Of The Two, Brewer And Shipley – One Toke Over The Line, Tom Jones – Shes A Lady, The Yardbirds – For Your Love, Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit, Tomoyasu Hotei And Ray Cooper – A Drug Score-part 1 (acid Spill), The Youngbloods – Get Together, Three Dog Night – Mama Told Me Not To Come, Bob Dylan – Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again, & The Mgs – Time Is Tight, Perry Como – Magic Moments, Tomoyasu Hotei And Ray Cooper – A Drug Score-part 2 (adrenochrome, The Devils Dance), Debbie Reynolds – Tammy, Tomoyasu Hotei And Ray Cooper – A Drug Score-part 3 (flashbacks), Buffalo Springfield – Expecting To Fly, The Dead Kennedys – Viva Las Vegas

2LP GatefoldЛэйбл: BMGКаталожный №: 45182299Год: 2022Цвет винила: GREYКоличество носителей: 11 Dangerous 7:40A2 What's It Gonna Take? 3:22A3 Fighting Back Is The New Normal 3:34A4 Fodder From The Masses 4:44B5 Can't Go On This Way 6:41B6 Sometimes It's Just Blah Blah Blah 3:35B7 Money From America 7:36C8 Not Seeking Approval 6:31C9 Damage And Recovery 4:04C10 Nervous Breakdown 5:08C11 Absolutely Positively The Most 5:19D12 I Ain't No Celebrity 4:40D13 Stage Name 4:28D14 Fear And Self-Loathing In Las Vegas 5:02D15 Pretending 6:45

Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание: The Show Of Our Lives, Stuck In A Hole, Lover, No Backstage Pass, Welcome The Day, The Mad Dabsong, Ben Karratt Rides Again, Pros And Cons, Wraiks And Ladders, Sneaking Out The Bare Quare, All Sorts Of Unmentionable Things, The Fear And Loathing In Tollington Park Rag

Лицензионное издание, выпущенное на виниле. Содержание: The Show Of Our Lives, Stuck In A Hole, Lover, No Backstage Pass, Welcome The Day, The Mad Dabsong, Ben Karratt Rides Again, Pros And Cons, Wraiks And Ladders, Sneaking Out The Bare Quare, All Sorts Of Unmentionable Things, The Fear And Loathing In Tollington Park Rag

The tenth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James and Lauren are off to America to help train the army - and get into trouble in Las Vegas ... The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the best war game ever. CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that kids are spying on them. For official purposes, these children do not exist.

In this title collecting issues #6-11 of the hit series, it's Las Vegas circa 1935, and Skinner Sweet and our gal Pearl must learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to the ones in Sin City.

In this title collecting issues #6-11 of the hit series, it's Las Vegas circa 1935, and Skinner Sweet and our gal Pearl must learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to the ones in Sin City.