The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time [Paperback]

The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson’s bestsellingGonzo Papersoffers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in his signature style.

Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling “Gonzo Papers” is now back in print.The Great Shark Huntis 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 theNational Observerdays to the era ofRolling Stone,The Great Shark Huntoffers myriad, highly charged entries, including the first Hunter S. Thompson piece to be dubbed “gonzo”—“The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved,” which appeared inScanlan's Monthlyin 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.The Washington PostHe amuses; he frightens; he flirts with doom. His achievement is substantial.