The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories : Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me - Hardcover

Steadman, Ralph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0151012822 ISBN 13: 9780151012824

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2006

Synopsis

In the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. At the Kentucky Derby he met a former
associate of the Hell’s Angels, one Hunter S. Thompson. Their working relationship resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism.  The Joke’s Over tells of a remarkable collaboration that documented the turbulent years of the civil rights movement, the Nixon years, Watergate, and the many bizarre and great events that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. When Thompson committed suicide in 2005, it was the end of a unique friendship filled with both betrayal and under­standing.

 A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, The Joke’s Over is the definitive inside story of the Gonzo years.

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From the Back Cover:

A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice

New York Post Required Reading

"Enormously entertaining."—The Boston Globe

"A pleasant surprise."—The Tampa Tribune

"Bizarre and compelling."— Miami New Times

"A must read."—BookPage

The rollicking, no-holds-barred, definitive inside story of the Gonzo years from legendary artist Ralph Steadman.

"Hunter Thompson’s marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Joke’s Over . . . Both fitting and touching."—New York Post

"There can be no question that Hunter S. Thompson’s pivotal works would not be the same without the accompanying artworks of his partner Ralph Steadman . . . [Steadman] recalls it all eloquently . . . A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."—The Buffalo News

RALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He is the author of The Grapes of Ralph (for which he won a Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award), Still Life with Bottle, The Book of Jones, and Gonzo: The Art. He lives in England. Visit www.RalphSteadman.com.

About the Author:

RALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s legendary Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. He is the author of The Grapes of Ralph (for which he won a Glenfiddich Food & Drink Award), Still Life with Bottle, The Book of Jones, and Gonzo: The Art. He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0151012822
• ISBN 13: 9780151012824
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 396