The Joke's Over
Memories of Hunter S. Thompson
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cornerstone
Published:4th Oct '07
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Ralph Steadman's hilarious and revealing story of his bizarre and crazy relationship with Hunter Thompson.
In the spring of 1970, Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. In this unique memoir Steadman tells his story for the first time, the story - in words and pictures - of Ralph and Hunter, a great British original on a great American original, Butch and Sundance on acid...
In the spring of 1970, Ralph Steadman went to America in search of work and found more than he bargained for. In Kentucky to cover the Derby, he met a former Hells Angel called Hunter S. Thompson. Their meeting resulted in a working relationship and a friendship that lasted for more than thirty years and spanned the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement, Nixon and Watergate, and the decay of the American Dream.
Few people knew Thompson as well as Ralph Steadman did. In this unique memoir Steadman tells his story for the first time, the story - in words and pictures - of Ralph and Hunter, a great British original on a great American original, Butch and Sundance on acid...
Praise for The Joke's Over:
His drawings are the perfect foil for the deranged clarity of Thompson's writings. The Joke's Over, Steadman's memoir of working with Thompson, is full of entertaining anecdotes
Indispensible * GQ *
His book is funny, interesting, sad in parts and a valuable insight into the counterculture era of tune in, turn on and drop out. Maybe his weird drawings will outlast Thompson's overwrought prose. * Daily Mail *
Hilarious * TLS *
Fascinating... full of sad charm, and not too full of Hunter - just full enough... This memoir has undeniable depth, thanks to Steadman's willingness to not merely record his life-threatening relationship with Thompson, but to do a bit of collateral detective work of his own * Guardian *
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 Ne
ISBN: 9780099502197
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 29mm
Weight: 356g
448 pages