Rather than effacing himself as a chronicler of the scene, Thompson injects himself, via his Duke persona, as a character. Presented with a photo of himself, Duke identifies it as Thompson: a “vicious, crazy kind of person”. It was published by Rolling Stone magazine in 1971 under the byline of Raoul Duke, but Thompson’s name does appear. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was a fictionalised account of two trips Thompson made with his friend Oscar Zeta Acosta from LA to Las Vegas. Thompson went further: he was often a provocateur. REUTERS/Christian Thompson Gonzo journalismįar from being an objective observer of the action, the Gonzo journalist becomes a participant in it and reports on it subjectively. We had two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers … and also a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw either and two dozen amyls … The only thing that really worried me was the ether. He then spent some time in the hot tub with champagne and Dove Bars.Ĭompare this with the drug collection of Raoul Duke, the first person narrator of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1971): While writing he consumed: Chivas Regal, Dunhills, cocaine, orange juice, marijuana, Heineken, huge helpings of food, LSD, Chartreuse, clove cigarettes, gin and pornographic movies. Jean Carroll reported Thompson’s daily working regime, which allegedly started at 3pm. Norman Mailer called him “a legend in successful self-abuse.” Biographer E. American journalist Hunter S Thompson is a mythical figure, partly by his own design, and partly, perversely, against his wishes.
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