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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