Its main characters attempt to cover the Mint 400 before infiltrating the National District Attorneys Association's conference on dangerous narcotics.
At a diner, a character in this novel reads a story about Harrison Fire, a rookie football player who destroyed a Greyhound bus with his bare hands, before his companion passes a waitress a note that asks "Back Door Beauty?" In its eighth chapter, its narrator remembers his sense of riding "a high and beautiful wave" in San Francisco during the mid-1960s, but realizes that "the wave finally broke and rolled back." This novel opens with Samuel Johnson's quote "He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man," and includes a scene where a man asks the narrator to throw a (*) toaster into his bathtub when the song "White Rabbit" peaks. Its main characters attempt to cover the Mint 400 before infiltrating the National District Attorneys Association's conference on dangerous narcotics. Subtitled "A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream," it follows the drug-laced adventures of Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo. For 10 points, name this novel by Hunter S. Thompson based on his trip to the title city.
At a diner, a character in this novel reads a story about Harrison Fire, a rookie football player who destroyed a Greyhound bus with his bare hands, before his companion passes a waitress a note that asks "Back Door Beauty?"
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas