Book · 1979 · Politics and government
The great shark hunt
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I really like a particular Hunter S. Thompson book called "The Great Shark Hunt", where he covers the Ruben Salazar murder by LAPD or LA Sheriff's Department in Boyle Heights in the '70s. And his relationship with his lawyer, Oscar Acosta, and that whole saga is great.
Andrew Callaghan · Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 2024 Listen at 13:39 The best things said about it
The one I'm reading now is this one great shark hunt.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Dec 2009 And then i read you know the great shark hunt and it was like holy [ __ ] / What is this.
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The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S. Thompson is a celebrated collection of gonzo journalism featuring sharp, unconventional reporting, essays, and political commentary from the 1960s and 1970s. The book has been lauded by various guests and hosts as a masterclass in fearless writing. Andrew Callaghan recommended it on the Lex Fridman Podcast, praising Thompson's gripping coverage of the Ruben Salazar murder in Boyle Heights by the LA Sheriff's Department, alongside the author's dynamic relationship with his lawyer, Oscar Acosta. Michael Easter and Joe Rogan discussed on The Joe Rogan Experience how encountering the book for the first time left them utterly stunned and reoriented their view of journalism. Sturgill Simpson also reminisced on the same show about reading Thompson's gripping political campaigns during his high school years. Throughout these podcast appearances, speakers returned to Thompson's work to highlight the enduring power of his raw, unfiltered reporting style, which relentlessly interrogated institutional power and cultural absurdities with unmatched intensity.
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Andrew Callaghan I really like a particular Hunter S. Thompson book called "The Great Shark Hunt", where he covers the Ruben… 2
“I really like a particular Hunter S. Thompson book called "The Great Shark Hunt", where he covers the Ruben Salazar murder by LAPD or LA Sheriff's Department in Boyle Heights in the '70s. And his relationship with his lawyer, Oscar Acosta, and that whole saga is great.”
“I really like a particular Hunter S. Thompson book called 'The Great Shark Hunt', where he covers the Ruben Salazar murder by LAPD or LA Sheriff's Department in Boyle Heights in the '70s. His relationship with his lawyer, Oscar Acosta, and that whole saga is great. 'Fear and Loathing' I like, but not as much as his straightforward reporting.”
Joe Rogan the one I'm reading now is this one great shark hunt 1
“the one I'm reading now is this one great shark hunt”
Michael Easter and then i read you know the great shark hunt and it was like holy [ __ ] / What is this 1
“and then i read you know the great shark hunt and it was like holy [ __ ] / What is this”
Sturgill Simpson you know probably high school when I read the campaign trail thing the Nixon book 1
“you know probably high school when I read the campaign trail thing the Nixon book”
