Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience ¿ classics which will endure for generations to come.¿You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug ¿ especially when it¿s waving a razor-sharp hunting knife in your eyes¿Roaring down the desert highway, Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo are seeking out the dark side of the American Dream. Armed with a drug arsenal of stupendous proportions, they confront casino operators, police officers and assorted Middle Americans, in surreal, chemically enhanced encounters.Hilarious, hallucinogenic and subversive, Hunter S. Thompson¿s semi-autobiographical novel is a cult classic and a masterpiece of gonzo journalism.¿A scorching epochal sensation¿ Tom Wolfe