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Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the best-selling “Gonzo Papers” is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is Dr. Hunter S. Thompson’s largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style. Ranging in date from the National Observer days to the era of Rolling Stone, The Great Shark Hunt offers myriad, highly charged entries, including the first Hunter S. Thompson piece to be dubbed “gonzo” – “The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” which appeared in Scanlan’s Monthly in 1970. From this essay a new journalistic movement sprang which would change the shape of American letters. Thompson’s razor-sharp insight and crystal clarity capture the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and redeeming aspects of the explosive and colorful ’60s and ’70s.
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Customers find the book humorous and entertaining. They praise the writing style as incredible and fun to read. The collection includes a good sampling of Hunter Thompson’s prior publications, essays, letters, aphorisms, and Hunter-isms. Readers find the philosophical insights educational in many different ways. They appreciate the variety of stories and articles spanning a few hundred pages. The author’s personable and well-thought-out observations are interesting.
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