Thompson's razor-sharp insight and crystal clarity capture the crazy, hypocritical, degenerate, and redeeming aspects of the explosive and colorful '60s and '70s. From this essay a new journalistic movement sprang which would change the shape of American letters. Thompson piece to be dubbed "gonzo"-"The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved," which appeared in Scanlan's Monthly in 1970. 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. These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style. These essays offer brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in signature Thompson style. Thompson's largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. He was charged as an accessory to robbery and served 31 days in the Jefferson County Jail. Buy a cheap copy of The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from. He attended Atherton and Male high schools, but never graduated because of legal problems. Thompson's largest and, arguably, most important work, covering Nixon to napalm, Las Vegas to Watergate, Carter to cocaine. Thompson great up in a middle-class Louisville family, the oldest of three sons of Virgniia Ray Davison, a librarian, and Jack Robert Thompson, an insurance adjuster. Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling "Gonzo Papers" is now back in print. Thompson's bestselling Gonzo Papers offers brilliant commentary and outrageous humor, in his signature style.
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