After all, “There is no sympathy for the devil. Buy the ticket, take the ride.” The novel “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” by Hunter Thompson blurs the line between reality and drug-induced paranoia.

The opening line of "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson, "We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold," is a striking and ...