Ralph Steadman's "The Joke's Over" (2006)





Orlando, Florida: Harcourt Books (book, memoir, 1st), 2006.
9.5" x 6.25" x 1.375", 396 pages, hardcover with dust-jacket, ISBN 978-0-15-101282-4.

The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson and Me by Ralph Steadman, a memoir published by Harcourt Books (Orlando, Florida, US.) in 2006. 

Contains a Burroughs-centered chapter – "William Burroughs – An Encounter" – between pages 325 and 337.

Additionally, this contains a page of photographs of Ralph Steadman and William S. Burroughs shooting together.

Contents: 

  • List of Plates
  • Acknowledgments
  • Kurt Vonnegut: Foreword 
  • "The Seventies":
    • "The Kentucky Derby. May 1970"
    • "The America's Cup. September 1970"
    • "Fear and Loathing. Summer 1971"
    • "Hunter Goes to Washington. 1970-72"
    • "Watergate Follies. July 1973"
    • "Rumble in the Jungle: Ali v Foreman. 30 October 1974"
    • "Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood. 1977"
    • "The Filming of Where the Buffalo Roam. 1979"
  • "The Eighties":
    • "'The Eighties, Ralph, Are All About Paying Your Rent.' 1980"
    • "Hawaii. 1980"
    • "The Elusive Bloater. 1981"
    • "Taxi to the Suburbs. 1981"
    • "The Fish Have Gone South. 1981-6"
    • "The Year of Wine. 1987"
  • "The Nineties":
    • "Own Goals. 1990-94"
    • "William Burroughs – An Encounter. 1995"
    • "Rifle. March 1996"
    • "Visit to Virginia. Hunter's Mother. Louisville. 1997"
  • "The End":
    • "The Red Shark. 2000"
    • "Reading Lono Out Loud. 2000"
    • "The Last Trip to Woody Creek. 2004"
  • "Memo to the Sports Desk"
  • Index

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