A review by technomage
The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time by Hunter S. Thompson

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