"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson

NOTE FOR NEW MEMBERS: to help you find us more easily I will be bringing a picture of the reading cat to put on the table. We tend to sit on the tables near the TV. If you can't see us, please wait at the bar and we will come and show you where we are sitting. Please don't ask the bar staff where we are sitting as they don't know who we are.

Hitchin Book Club invites you to join us for some light hearted discussion. This event is a great introduction to the book club (especially if you have never been to a book club before). We always welcome new members of any level of reading experience.

Book Name: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Book Author: Hunter S. Thompson
Genre: Gonzo journalism
Published: 1971
Word Count: 56k
Read Time Estimate: 3h44m
Date: Tuesday 24th February 2026
Start Time: 19:30pm
End Time: approx 21:30pm
Location: The Albert Inn, 50 Walsworth Rd, Hitchin SG4 9SU - sitting at one of the tables inside. Any updates to location I will post in comments on the day.

Structure:
- Brief introduction and what you thought about the book
- Discussions based on a set of pre-prepared questions as prompts
- 5 to 10 minute break half-way through, option to join whatsapp group
- Opportunity to ask any questions to the group
- Closing thoughts and provide a rating for book out of 10
- Vote for the next book
- Book club formally ends - feel free to leave or stick around for general conversations

About book (from Goodreads):

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the best chronicle of drug-soaked, addle-brained, rollicking good times ever committed to the printed page. It is also the tale of a long weekend road trip that has gone down in the annals of American pop culture as one of the strangest journeys ever undertaken.