![]() ![]() There is no one quite like Thompson he is unique, and we are all richer for it. He aims for the naked truth and hits the nation's jugular vein. Always fresh, irreverent, original, brilliant, and on-the-edge, Thompson hurls himself headfirst into each assignment and situation and comes back with a story only he could write. From Private Thompson in trouble with the air force, to the devastating portrait of the ageing Muhammad Ali. ![]() Thompson captures the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and worthwhile aspects of American society with razor-sharp insight and greater clarity than anyone writing today. Here, in one chunky volume, is the best of gonzo. From the back cover: Rebel With a Cause - From Nixon to napalm, Carter to cocaine, Hunter S. ![]() It is the first of four volumes in The Gonzo Papers series. The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time, the book is a roughly 600-page collection of Thompson's essays from 1956 to the end of the 1970s, following the rise of the author's own gonzo journalism style as he moved from Air Force and sports beat-writing to straight-ahead political commentary. ![]() Originally published in 1979 as Gonzo Papers, Vol 1. The Great Shark Hunt is a book by Hunter S. The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time. ![]()
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