Armed with a convertible full of hallucinatory drugs, the author and his friend Dr. Gonzo end up in Las Vegas--the perfect setting for a helluva time. Certainly a unique tour of an already eccentric city, this is a dizzying chronicle of the duo's drug-induced misadventures and scrapes with the people of Las Vegas. It's also a hilarious commentary on the search for the American dream, first published in 1971.  (USW254, $13.95)

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