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Besides Fear and Loathing and Hells Angels, are any of his other works of notable interest?

>> No.6489664

>>6489659
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail is awesome, I've heard good stuff about The Great Shark hunt but I've yet to check it out.

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6491799

I wish he had just written picaresque novels.

>> No.6491819

>>6491799
Where do you get the idea that he didn't?

>> No.6491839

>>6489659

The most essential volume is The Great Shark Hunt. If I could only take 6 books to a desert island, it would be one of them.

>> No.6491861

>>6489664
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 is a great book in and of itself, but if you happen to be a student of US political history it is AMAZING. You'll recognize at least a decent chunk of the names in it, and it's a fascinating chronicle of basically the rebirth of the American right. It all started with Nixon's 1972 win, and Carter was only a speedbump.

Plus Thompson inserts himself into the stories and it's intensely amusing. You'll love the bits with Ed Muskie.

>> No.6491903

Fear and Loathing is not even good