THOMPSON, Hunter S.
The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time.
New York: Summit Books , 1979.
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“In a nation run by swine, all pigs are upward-mobile and the rest of us are fucked until we can put our acts together: not necessarily to win, but mainly to keep from losing completely”: First Edition of The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time; Signed by Hunter S. Thompson
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed in full by Hunter S. Thompson on the half title page. Near fine in a very good dust jacket with a small chip to the front panel and some light wear and tear.
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.
The Great Shark Hunt Strange Tales from a Strange Time.
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