I recently read Fear and Loathing and the whole time in my head I was thinking this book is fiction. But then I looked at the back cover of the book and on the edition I have it says “Nonfiction/Journalism.” From what I understand it was inspired by the author’s actual experience but not sure how much of the story was fictionalized. Does anyone know how much of the story is real versus fabrication? When I check on Goodreads it says it’s Fiction and the same on StoryGraph. So, can anyone clear this up? Is this book actually considered fiction? Or is it a case of a true-story that just has fictionalized elements? On my bookshelf I like to categorize my books as fiction or nonfiction but now I don’t know where to place this one!
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