

But he chose to do what he did, and he did it better than any of his generation. He probably could have been a brilliant novelist of any kind. He probably could have been a very rich super-novelist of popular, uninspired filth. He spoke to a true astonishment at the complete, unrelenting fuckedupedness of America and her politics, and he did it with a bite that was deserved and unmatched. Thompson is dearly missed by many people, and on a personal level, I miss him deeply. I hadn't read this book in years, and previously, it hadn't even been my favorite Hunter S.

I recently went to Las Vegas for the first, and probably only, time in my life.
