JULY 07, 1972—FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS WAS A NOVEL WRITTEN BY HUNTER S. THOMPSON, WHICH IS SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL. THIS IS THOMPSON’S MOST FAMOUS WORK. THE NOVEL EXPOSES THE CULTURE OF ILLEGAL DRUG USAGE IN LAS VEGAS. IT ALSO LAMENTS THE FAILURE OF THE 1960s COUNTERCULTURE MOVEMENT.