A New York Times Book Review Editor’s ChoiceNew York Post Required Reading "Enormously entertaining."—The Boston Globe"A pleasant surprise."—The Tampa Tribune "Bizarre and compelling."— Miami New Times"A must read."—BookPageThe rollicking, no-holds-barred, definitive inside story of the Gonzo years from legendary artist Ralph Steadman. "Hunter Thompson’s marvelously deranged illustrator, Ralph Steadman, gives us a terrific memoir with The Joke’s Over . . . Both fitting and touching."—New York Post "There can be no question that Hunter S. Thompson’s pivotal works would not be the same without the accompanying artworks of his partner Ralph Steadman . . . [Steadman] recalls it all eloquently . . . A vivid, well-written paean to Thompson and, by extension, the character of the American rebel."—The Buffalo NewsRALPH 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. He lives in England. Visit www.RalphSteadman.com.