Hunter S. Thompson, Beach Still Life, Cozumel, Mexico, 1974

Hunter S. Thompson  being interviewed on the island of Cozumel, Mexico in 1974 for Playboy  magazine. Thompson was in Mexico doing research for The Great Shark Hunt , a collection of essays published in 1979 that covers his earliest writing for the U.S. Air Force, his sports journalism, and his middle years of political and cultural commentary.