Contributions

  • Kurt Vonnegut - Foreword
  • "Don't write Ralph. You'll bring shame on your family." Hunter S. Thompson - Epigraph
  • For ANNA, centre of my universe and Nat Sobel in orbit and it's for you too, you ole BASTARD! wherever you are! - Dedicated to
  • Ralph Steadman (Illustrator) - Contributor

Publication

2006 - Heinemann, London, England, UK

Language

English

Word Count

104,000 words, Guess

Page Count

416 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL7507089M
  • ISBN-139780434016068
  • ISBN-100434016063
  • OCLC Control Number70173319
  • Goodreads98216
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  • LibraryThing1601896
  • Amazon0434016063
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Classifications

  • DDC741.5092
  • LCCNC1479 .S79 .A2

Alternate Titles

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

Description

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 Joke's Over*** is the definitive inside story of the Gonzo years.

Description

Ralph Steadman's account and artwork covering his work with Hunter S. Thompson and the birth of Gonzo Journalism.

First Sentence

A 150-foot monument is a tall thing, even in a majestic range of mountains in Colorado.

Subjects

Places

Las VegasKentucky Derby

People

Ralph SteadmanHunter ThompsonHunter S. Thompson

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