The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time

by Hunter S. Thompson Narrated by Scott Sowers

Overview

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.

Editorial Reviews

John Leonard

… there are some sections of The Great Shark Hunt, reprinted from such unlikely periodicals as The Reporter, The National Observer and The New York Times magazine, that are surprisingly straight, ungeeky and often quite moving. We are reminded that Dr. Thompson, who considers himself an outlaw, was from the beginning attracted to those who were outside the protection of the law or who were oppressed by that law … He is also, as if this needs to be said, hilarious
— The New York Times

From the Publisher

The Washington Post He amuses; he frightens; he flirts with doom. His achievement is substantial.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940171053987
Publisher:	Recorded Books, LLC
Publication date:	05/03/2013
Series:	Gonzo Papers Series
Edition description:	Unabridged

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