The Great Shark Hunt

La Grande Chasse au requin
Auteur	Hunter S. Thompson
Genre	recueil
Pays d'origine	États-Unis
Date de parution	1979

La Grande Chasse au requin (Gonzo Papers, Vol. 1 : The Great Shark Hunt : Strange Tales from a Strange Time) est le premier tome du (The Gonzo Papers), une série de quatre recueils de textes par Hunter S. Thompson.

Le recueil, publié en 1979, est composé d'articles provenant de diverses publications telles que le National Observer , The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Scanlan's Monthly, The Reporter, Playboy et autres, publications pour lesquelles Thompson travaillait en tant que correspondant ou pigiste. Le livre contient également des extraits de Las Vegas parano (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) et de Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72. Ces articles couvrent une période qui commence au milieu des années 60 et qui se termine au milieu des années 70. On compte parmi les thèmes abordés les mouvances beatnik et hippie, les psychotropes, le rêve américain, la culture (avec un intérêt marqué pour la counterculture) et la politique américaine ainsi que l'Amérique du Sud.

Table des matières

Le livre est divisé en quatre parties :

Première partie
Note de l'auteur
Fear and Loathing in the Bunker'
The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved
A Southern City with Northern Problems
Fear and Loathing at the Super Bowl
The Temptations of Jean-Claude Killy
The Ultimate Free Lancer
Collect Telegram from a Mad Dog
"Genius 'Round the World Stands Hand in Hand, and One Shock of Recognition Runs the Whole Circle 'Round" — Art Linkletter
Jacket Copy for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
A conversation on Ralph Steadman and His Book, America, with Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
Strange Rumblings in Aztlan
Freak Power in the Rockies
Memo from the Sports Desk: The So-Called "Jesus Freak" Scare
Memoirs of a Wretched Weekend in Washington

Deuxième partie
Presenting: The Richard Nixon Doll (Overhauled 1968 Model)
Note de l'auteur
June, 1972: The McGovern Juggernaut Rolls On
Memo from the Sports Desk & Rude Notes from a Decompression Chamber in Miami
Fear and Loathing at the Watergate: Mr. Nixon Has Cashed His Check
Fear and Loathing in Washington: The Boys in the Bag
Fear and Loathing in Limbo: The Scum Also Rises

Troisième partie
Traveler Hears Mountain Music Where It's Sung
A Footloose American in a Smuggler's Den
Why Anti-Gringo Winds Often Blow South of the Border
Democracy Dies in Peru, but Few Seem to Mourn Its Passing
The Inca of the Andes: He Haunts the Ruins of His Once-Great Empire
Brazilshooting
Chatty Letters During a Journey from Aruba to Rio
What Lured Hemingway to Ketchum?
Living in the Time of Alger, Greeley, Debs
Marlon Brando and the Indian Fish-In
The "Hashbury" Is the Capital of the Hippies
When Beatniks Were Social Lions
The Nonstudent Left
Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines... Ain't What They Used to Be!
The Police Chief

Quatrième Partie
The Great Shark Hunt
Jimmy Carter and the Great Leap of Faith
Address by Jimmy Carter on Law Day: University of Georgia, Athens, GA
The Banshee Screams for Buffalo Meat
The Hoodlum Circus and the Statutory Rape of Bass Lake
Ashes to Ashes & Dust to Dust: The Funeral of Mother Miles
Welcome to Las Vegas: When the Going Gets Weird the Weird Turn Pro
Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Near Room
Last Tango in Vegas: Fear and Loathing in the Far Room
Bibliography of Works by Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, par Kihm Winship
Bibliography of Works on Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, par Kihm Winship