Following trail of the Hunter

“Well, yes, and here we go again...”

That was how American writer Hunter S. Thompson introduced his brilliant 1976 collection ‘The Great Shark Hunt’, the one and only Dr Gonzo stepping into the arena once again. A good many of us who grew up on what Tom Wolfe dubbed ‘The New Journalism’ flirted awkwardly at some point with the Gonzo approach before, sooner or later, learning the sobering lesson that absolutely nobody could imitate Thompson.

In fact, not even Thompson could imitate Thompson, which was one of the reasons why, when he finally found himself running on empty, spiritually and physically, he imposed his own last deadline by putting a gun to his head and pulling the trigger.