{"product_id":"the-great-shark-hunt-by-hunter-s-thompson-first-paperback-edition-1980-popular-library","title":"The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson [FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION] 1980 • Popular Library *See Condition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson [THE GONZO PAPERS: VOLUME I]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFIRST PAPERBACK EDITION [1980] FAWCETT • POPULAR LIBRARY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3rd mass market paperback printing \/ 1980. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage paperback in good reading condition with *flaws:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTight, seemingly unread copy with *damp stain across bottoms of cover near spine.  Spot of color drain to underside of text block. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInterior is pristine and unaffected.  Pages look and read like new.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eABOUT THE BOOK\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan id=\"freeText3029307613426824113\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRanging in date from the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNational Observer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edays to the era of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eoffers 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\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eScanlan's Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Apocalypse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49041788010745,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/greatsharkhunt-1.jpg?v=1789111664","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-great-shark-hunt-by-hunter-s-thompson-first-paperback-edition-1980-popular-library","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}