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Joke's Over : Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me by Ralph Steadman (2006, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100151012822
ISBN-139780151012824
eBay Product ID (ePID)52627261
Product Key Features
Book TitleJoke's over : Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicEditors, Journalists, Publishers, Techniques / Cartooning, Personal Memoirs, Artists, Architects, Photographers
IllustratorYes
GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorRalph Steadman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight27.3 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2006-011375
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsPRAISE FOR THE JOKE'S OVER "Hunter Thompson's marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Joke's Over . . . His testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is 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 . . . A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."-- The Buffalo News, Terrific . . . Steadman's testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is both fitting and touching., PRAISE FORUNTRODDEN GRAPES "Steadman has traveled to the world's finest wine-making regions and compiled a fabulously entertaining book about his journeys, full of his famously bizarre and amusing art. . . . To that--and to Steadman's wonderful work--we raise a glass." --The Miami Herald "And surely the unlikeliest travel book of the season isUntrodden Grapes,a volume of illustrations by Ralph Steadman, a book that is pure oxymoron. Mr. Steadman's famously anarchic style of drawing is brought to bear upon a global selection of vineyards. Mr. Steadman is on the trail of gonzo wine."--The New York Times, PRAISE FOR UNTRODDEN GRAPES "Steadman has traveled to the world's finest wine-making regions and compiled a fabulously entertaining book about his journeys, full of his famously bizarre and amusing art. . . . To that--and to Steadman's wonderful work--we raise a glass." -- The Miami Herald "And surely the unlikeliest travel book of the season is Untrodden Grapes, a volume of illustrations by Ralph Steadman, a book that is pure oxymoron. Mr. Steadman's famously anarchic style of drawing is brought to bear upon a global selection of vineyards. Mr. Steadman is on the trail of gonzo wine."-- The New York Times, PRAISE FOR THE JOKE'S OVER "Hunter Thompson's marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Joke's Over . . . His testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is 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 . . . A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."— The Buffalo News, PRAISE FOR THE JOKE'S OVER "Hunter Thompsone(tm)s marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Jokee(tm)s Over . . . His testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is both fitting and touching."-- New York Post "There can be no question that Hunter S. Thompsone(tm)s pivotal works would not be the same without the accompanying artworks of his partner Ralph Steadman . . .A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."-- The Buffalo News, Terrific . . . Steadmane(tm)s testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is both fitting and touching., PRAISE FOR UNTRODDEN GRAPES "Steadman has traveled to the world's finest wine-making regions and compiled a fabulously entertaining book about his journeys, full of his famously bizarre and amusing art. . . . To that--and to Steadman's wonderful work--we raise a glass." -- The Miami Herald "And surely the unlikeliest travel book of the season is Untrodden Grapes, a volume of illustrations by Ralph Steadman, a book that is pure oxymoron. Mr. Steadman's famously anarchic style of drawing is brought to bear upon a global selection of vineyards. Mr. Steadman is on the trail of gonzo wine."-- The New York Times
TitleLeadingThe
Dewey Decimal741.5/6942 B
Table Of Contentcontents LIST OF PLATES x acknowledgements xv foreword xvii introduction 1 The Seventies 5 the Kentucky Derby. May 1970 6 the America's Cup. September 1970 35 Fear and Loathing. Summer 1971 66 Hunter Goes to Washington. 197072 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 ofWhere 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. 19816 245 The Year of Wine. 1987 271 The Nineties 275 own goals. 199094 276 William Burroughs An Encounter. 1995 325 Rifle. March 1996 338 Visit to Virginia, Hunter's Mother. Louisville, 1997 344 The End 349 The Red Shark. 2000 350 ReadingLonoOut Loud. 2000 359 The Last Trip to Woody Creek. 2004 366 Memo to the Sports Desk. 2006 383 index 388
SynopsisIn 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., 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 under-standing. A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, "The Joke's Over" is the definitive inside story of the Gonzo years.
LC Classification NumberNC1479.S79A2 2006
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