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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Meby Ralph Steadman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 Hells Angels, one Hunter S. Thompson. Their working relationship resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism. The Jokes 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 Jokes Over is the definitive inside story of the Gonzo years. Book News Annotation:To describe the 30-year relationship of Thompson and Steadman as
bizarre would be a disservice to the language, and yet the two found
compelling ways to describe some the more significant occasions of
the end of the twentieth century, if not the end of the world,
including Watergate. Steadman tracks through the decades, filling in
and correcting details, and keeps the proceedings charmingly graphic
and profane. The letters between the two men about business and
credits are enlightening, and Steadman's last letter to Thompson,
written after the latter's suicide in 2005, is a classic.
Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Synopsis:A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Jokes Over" is the definitive inside story of Hunter S. Thompson and the Gonzo years.
About the AuthorRALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompsons Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwells 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. Table of Contentscontents
LIST OF PLATES x
acknowledgements xv
foreword xvii
introduction 1
The Seventies 5
the Kentucky Derby. May 1970 6
the Americas Cup. September 1970 35
Fear and Loathing. Summer 1971 66
Hunter Goes to Washington. 1970–72 78
Watergate Follies. July 1973 92
Rumble in the Jungle: Ali v Foreman. 30 October 1974 115
Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood. 1977 137
The Filming of Where the Buffalo Roam. 1979 167
The Eighties 183
‘The eighties, Ralph, are about paying your rent. 1980 184
Hawaii. 1980 195
The Elusive Bloater. 1981 206
Taxi to the Suburbs. 1981 237
the fish have gone south. 1981–6 245
The Year of Wine. 1987 271
The Nineties 275
own goals. 1990–94 276
William Burroughs – An Encounter. 1995 325
Rifle. March 1996 338
Visit to Virginia, Hunters Mother. Louisville, 1997 344
The End 349
The Red Shark. 2000 350
Reading Lono Out Loud. 2000 359
The Last Trip to Woody Creek. 2004 366
Memo to the Sports Desk. 2006 383
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