{"product_id":"the-great-shark-hunt-by-hunter-s-thompson-trade-paperback-1992-ballantine","title":"The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson [TRADE PAPERBACK] 1992 • Ballantine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales From a Strange Time by Hunter S. Thompson [THE GONZO PAPERS: VOLUME I]\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTRADE PAPERBACK [1992] BALLANTINE BOOKS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage trade paperback in very good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome mild cover wear and tanning to pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReads good as 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":67279104901369,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/3103\/1574\/files\/greatsharkhunt-1_dd40f638-c4c6-4d10-bc6e-d78de292c096.jpg?v=1790998798","url":"https:\/\/bookshopapocalypse.com\/products\/the-great-shark-hunt-by-hunter-s-thompson-trade-paperback-1992-ballantine","provider":"Bookshop Apocalypse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}