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...
| ISBN: | 9780099502197 |
| Publication date: | 4th October 2007 |
| Author: | Ralph Steadman |
| Publisher: | Arrow Books an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 396 pages |
| Genres: |
Biography: writers Popular culture Memoirs Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers |
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...
The Joke's Over features in the following genres: Biography: writers, Popular culture, Memoirs, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers
The Joke's Over is available in Paperback
The Joke's Over was written by Ralph Steadman and published by Arrow Books an imprint of Random House
The Joke's Over has 396 pages
£11.69