The first volume in Hunter S. Thompson's bestselling Gonzo Papers
offers 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 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.