About this title: In this collection of essays, the first of the Gonzo Papers, the legendary Thompson hold forth on a variety of topics from the corruption of the Nixon government to the corruption of society in the early 1980s.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Fawcett Popular Library
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780445045965ISBN:0445045965
Description: Like New. Clean, fresh vintage paperback, has creasing from reading, like new binding, no markings. Mendopower Employment Services carefully packs each book in high-quality bubble lined, envelopes, then send you an email when it ships. We appreciate your business and welcome any question. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003-11-01
ISBN-13:9780743250450ISBN:0743250451
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780743250450. read more
Edition: Later printing
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, New York
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743250450ISBN:0743250451
Description: as NEW. Strange Tales from a Strange Time. 602 pp. Octavo. Blue covers with orange spine and color picture on front. Originally published in 1979, the first volume of the bestselling "Gonzo Papers' is now back in print. The Great Shark Hunt is 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. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780743250450ISBN:0743250451
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Description: New. 0445045965 "Paperback-In stock-Clean pages with tight binding: NO marks, writing or stickers inside or out! From a pet-FREE, Smoke-FREE warehouse. Maybe a hint of edge wear from shelving. We ship to APO, FPO & international. And...Thank you! " read more
Description: GOOD in FAIR jacket. Black cloth boards with gilt printing to spine. Light shelf wear to edges. Inside clean and tight. DJ is complete but worn and torn on all edges. CULT FICTION. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Summit Books, New York
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780671400460ISBN:0671400460
Description: Hardback with dust jacket. 3rd printing. 602pp. In Good-condition wiht spotting along spine and fore-edge of leaves and text block lightly shaken in a Fair price clipped dust jacket that has tanning to spine, closed tears and creasing along edges and overall wear to jacket. read more
Description: Hardback with dust jacket. Very Good+ with corners bumped in a Very Good dust jacket that has a few closed tears along edges and one small spot to front cover of dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Summit Books
Date Published: 1979
ISBN-13:9780671400460ISBN:0671400460
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. "If I'd written all the truth I knew for the past ten years...about 600 people, including me, would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle. " 1979 Rolling Stone Summit hardcover, 602 pgs. A solid copy with minor spotting to textblock edge, rubs to boards, in an acceptable dustjacket with spotting, chipping & edge tears. Square & well bound. Thank you! read more
Description: Hardback with dust jacket. First edition, second printing. 602pp. Very Good+ with scratching and scuffing to front board in a price clipped dust jacket that has dampstaining to top edge, closed tears and creasing to edges and rubbing to jacket. read more
"Great articles like The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved, Fear and Loathing at the Superbowl and other classics. Must read if you like Thompson's work, or if you're just a freak. Freak Power!!"
"A strange and brutal trip through the late 60's and early 70's in the voice of a man that somehow makes it all of it seem real and immediate... even after 40 years. He wrote it like he lived it... strangely and brutally."
"Simply a "must have" for any Thompson fan. This is the closest thing we have at the moment of a "Collected Works" or a "Portable" Thompson. This book was published in the late 1970's and it covers all his writing up to that point. Most priceless, for me, is the collection of some of Thompson's earlier articles, before he began to make a name for himself. Even though they are written in a more straightforward style, there are still hints and foreshadowing of what was to come.
Also included in the collection: excerpts from the two Fear and Loathing books and probably all of his Rolling Stone articles written to that point."
"I first read the story "The Great Shark Hunt" in Playboy, as a very young man, and Hunter Thompson has been my favorite "non-fiction" writer ever since.
A overview of Thompson's career through the early '70s is here, and there is a LOT of good reading.
Many of the people who see HST as merely a drug-addled lunatic will be very surprised at the depth of his perception and intellect.
A few of the pieces that make this book a must buy:
"Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border" A clear view of the titles meaning..."why, indeed".
"Freak Power In The Rockies" The story of an attempt by the "Freaks" to work within the system for political change in Aspen, CO.
"The Police Chief" A satire on "Pigs and their tools", written from the point of view of a "typical" American Police Chief, and showing Hunter's love (and knowledge) of weaponry of all types.
"The Great Shark Hunt" Insanity while on assignment for Playboy in Cozumel, a great picture of disgustingly decadent, wealthy American "sportfishermen" as well as perhaps the funniest (and most harrowing) re-entry to the U.S. in print.
This extensive collection also contains contains numerous excerpts from many magazines and from his most famous works "Fear and Loathing..." and " Hells Angels", all of it classic Thompson.
This is HST before he began losing his touch, and should be in every socially conscious readers library.
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