The Joke's Over - Couverture rigide

Steadman, Ralph

 
9780434016068: The Joke's Over
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ISBN 10 : 0434016063 ISBN 13 : 9780434016068
Editeur : William Heinemann Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

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. Thompson wrote later: 'The rest of that day blurs into madness. The rest of that night too. And all the next day and night. Such horrible things occurred that I can't bring myself even to think about them now, much less put them down in print. Steadman was lucky to get out of Louisville without serious injuries, and I was lucky to get out at all.' That meeting nevertheless resulted in a working relationship and a friendship that lasted for more than thirty years. In "The Joke's Over", Ralph Steadman tells the story of a remarkable collaboration that documented the turbulent years of the Civil Rights movement, Nixon and Watergate, and the decay of the American Dream. It is also the story of an unusual friendship, of both unique understanding and of extraordinary betrayals. Few people knew Thompson as well as Ralph Steadman did. In this remarkable memoir, elegaic, bizarre and hilarious, 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...

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À propos de l'auteur

Ralph Steadman is one of the greats of cartooning history, an international cult figure and part of a British tradition that runs from Gillray to Searle. He illustrated Hunter S. Thompson's great classic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and is the writer and artist of books ranging from Leonardo (on da Vinci) to The Grapes of Ralph (on wine).

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Éditeur
William Heinemann Ltd
Date d'édition
2006
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0434016063
ISBN 13 
9780434016068
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
416
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780156032506: The Joke's Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0156032503 ISBN 13 :  9780156032506
Editeur : Mariner Books, 2007
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