The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Adams (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James Adams
James Adams narrates 59 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 647 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
990 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me is an audiobook by Ralph Steadman: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by James Adams, released October 2, 2007, on the Memoirs and Arts & Entertainment shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Adams
- Released
- October 2, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781483056791
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me as an audiobook?
The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me?
The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me is narrated by James Adams.
Is The Joke’s Over: Bruised Memories: Gonzo, Hunter S. Thompson, and Me worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.