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More copies of this ISBNThe Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Meby Ralph Steadman
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:A New York Times Book Review Editors 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 Thompsons marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Jokes Over . . . Both fitting and touching."—New York Post "There can be no question that Hunter S. Thompsons 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. 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. He lives in England. Visit www.RalphSteadman.com. Synopsis:A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Jokes Over" is the definitive inside story of Hunter S. Thompson and the Gonzo years.
Synopsis:In the spring of 1970, artist Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for when he met Hunter S. Thompson at the Kentucky Derby. Their remarkable collaboration resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism, which would document the civil rights movement, the Nixon administration, 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. 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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