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The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me
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Product Description
associate of the Hell’s Angels, one Hunter S. Thompson. Their working relationship resulted in the now-legendary Gonzo Journalism.
A rollicking, no-holds-barred memoir, The Joke’s Over is the definitive inside story of the Gonzo years.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #212881 in Books
- Published on: 2006-10-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 416 pages
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Steadman, who famously illustrated much of Hunter S. Thompson's work, wasn't along for the legendary ride to Las Vegas, but he was there at the birth of gonzo journalism in 1970, and he was there when Thompson's ashes were blasted out of a cannon in 2005. Here, alongside a generous selection of his drawings, he recounts their shambolic adventures together, from the Kentucky Derby to the Rumble in the Jungle to the Kona Coast. While Steadman's slashing, ink-spattered art seems the perfect embodiment of Thompson's booze- and drug-fueled prose, in temperament he was a foil, a Welshman who hated America, while Thompson, in his excess, was perhaps the quintessential American. Steadman genuinely admires his friend's writing but examines his character with clear-eyed honesty and corrects the record as he sees fit. Given the push-pull of their relationship, one wonders if Steadman--an author in his own right--will write his "own" memoir or if he'll be content to be on the record as the level-headed sidekick of the most mythologized journalist of all time. Funny and--unlike his subject--dry. Keir Graff
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Review
"Enormously entertaining." --Boston Globe
"It is fairly amazing that these two could get away with having so much fun, on expense accounts no less, in the name of journalism." --New York Post
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"Enormously entertaining."
(Boston Globe )
"Terrific . . . Steadman’s testament to Thompson, light on hyperbole, is both fitting and touching."
(New York Post (Required Reading) )
"The Joke’s Over is a must read for both longtime fans of Thompson, and the curious."
(BookPage )
"A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."
(Buffalo News )
Customer Reviews
The Jokes OVer by Ralph Steadman
If your a fan of Hunter I highly recommend this book. I'ts written by his best friend, not some second hand source of filtered information,
so it's told how it is, how it was, and what really wend down on their adventures on the job.
The book is also full of Ralph's Gonzo Art - some of the very pictures Hunter requested him to draw.
I feel like I'm on Reading Rainbow right now, but this is a book I'm happy to have added to my collection.
My prop's to Amazon for the best deal I could find on the internet, Thanks.
So if you want to hear about Hunter from the man that was with him on his mission's and how that man was influenced and likewise, than this book is for you, I'ts well writted also. Peace.
Fantastic reading
Ralph Steadman gives and honest, insightful and funny glimps into the work he and Hunter S. Thompson did over the years.
It wasn't a question of if, but when.
I'm going to miss the good doctor. Hunter S. Thompson, with his faithful English mad man gave us the ultimate in gonzo journalism. This is Ralph's side of the love/hate partnership they shared. For the most part, he does a good job. There are some rants and he pulls off some of his own scabs from life with Hunter. The artwork is first rate and of course, that is what Ralph does best. Still, all in all, it was a good read and I recommend it for anyone who has ever been the sidekick of a huge ego or savagely bludgeoned by the wierd that has gone pro.
