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From: custead@sask.UUCP (Der cuss)
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Subject: Re: Re: Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loat
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Date: Mon, 16-Dec-85 15:44:33 EST
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> Late, not so great Thompson, is _The Great Shark Hunt_, which
> finds Thompson in Hawaii at monsoon time locked into booze,
> sans amphetamines. 
> 

Not quite.  You are thinking of "The Curse of Lono", HST's most
recent book, and not up to his best stuff.  "The Great Shark
Hunt" is an anthology, described recently in this group.
("Lono" is still recommended for die-hard Thompson fans, but
read everything else first...)

				L. Custead
				U of Saskatchewan