The Joke's Over

Informationen zum Autor RALPH STEADMAN has illustrated many books, including Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the fiftieth-anniversary edition of George Orwell’s 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 . Klappentext 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.

Product details

• Authors: Steadman Ralph Steadman, Ralkp Steadman, Ralph Steadman
• Publisher: Harvest Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.10.2007
• EAN: 9780156032506
• ISBN: 978-0-15-603250-6
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 200 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Mariner Books
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Editors, Journalists, Publishers, SCIENCE: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Women Authors, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Philosophers, SCIENCE: History, HISTORY: Essays