![]() Hordes of young fans viewed Thompson and Duke as one and the same-something that irked the writer, even if he did little to dissuade them. ![]() ![]() The device he had created to fuse fact and fiction in a wholly original form of literary journalism quickly became an encumbrance. The story, published in book form the following year, catapulted Thompson to fame, but before long he was frustrated by the fact that readers could hardly separate him from his creation. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas introduced a generation of readers to the hilarious and shocking antics of Raoul Duke and Doctor Gonzo: larger-than-life characters based loosely upon Thompson and his friend Oscar Zeta Acosta. ![]() Thompson published a two-part story in Rolling Stone that could only be categorized as Gonzo-a one-man literary genre marked by bizarre flights of fancy, hyperbole, depictions of drug abuse, and often violence.
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