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The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson

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technomage's review against another edition

4.0

Another of my lock-down rereads and its even better than I remember. This is a collection of Thompson's writings for various magazines and ranges from sports writing to political coverage to general ranting about anything and everything. Its both historically interesting and worryingly prescient especially with his coverage of Nixon's election campaign and subsequent resignation over the Watergate cover-up.
As he says regarding Nixon, "How low do you have to go to be President?" and now we know.

We could do with his insight in these troubled times, never was his phrase, "Generation of Swine" more relevant to describe our so called political leaders.
But sadly he's no longer with us and I wonder if he saw all this coming and just couldn't face having to wade about in the swamp again.
Give 'em Hell Dr Thompson wherever you ended up

jonathan_lee_b's review against another edition

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4.0

The Great Shark Hunt is a time capsule of spicy potato chips.

rachelmatsuoka's review against another edition

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4.0

Hunter S. Thompson can do no wrong. The Great Shark Hunt is a selection of HST's magazine clippings, articles, interviews, and shorts chronicling his shenanigans on and off the campaign trail.

dangermoves's review against another edition

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2.0

Will finish one day .

ben_whackley's review against another edition

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4.0

A successful collection of Thompson's more undefinable writings. It drags a little bit (the Watergate section took me a while to get through, ditto the collection of his early '60s work) but all in all, it was a rewarding read. Find a strange place to read it — I read the lion's share in a stateroom of the Badger, a coal-fired steamer, as it crossed Lake Michigan.