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The Rum Diary and the Youth of Hunter S. Thompson

by David S. Wills | Dec 7, 2013 | Fact & Fiction in Las Vegas, Features | 3 |

One mustn’t forget, in looking at the works of Hunter S Thompson, to go back and visit his first...

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The Kentucky Derby: Decadent and Depraved?

by David S. Wills | Sep 26, 2013 | Fact & Fiction in Las Vegas | 1 |

*This is the 2nd in a series of columns by Beatdom editor, David S. Wills, about the role of truth...

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Sympathy for the Devil? Reconsidering the Legend of Raoul Duke on the 40th Anniversary of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by David S. Wills | Aug 1, 2011 | Beatdom #9, Beatdom Content, Essays | 3 |

by Rory Feehan “He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man”...

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