Mescalito

Capturing the essence of Hunter S. Thompson's &quot;Gonzo&quot; style, short story <i>Mescalito</i> details his dark and miserably comic first mescaline drug trip. First published in Songs of the Doomed, <i>Mescalito</i> suggests the nascent ideas and energy of Thompson's seminal work on the '60s experience, <i>Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. </i><br><br>&quot;We live in a jungle of pending disasters,&quot; the author warns. Alone in a hotel room in Los Angeles in February, 1969, Thompsons' alter-ego Duke sustains a fever-pitched bout of paranoia so dark and depraved, it would make most mortals run fast -- and far -- from this kind of suicidal experimentation.