A by Andy Warhol Paperback Book 9780241586402

Part novel part Pop artwork Andy Warhols a is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studioA work of genius NewsweekIn the early 1960s Andy Warhol set out to turn the novel into pop art a the first book he wrote is the result Transcribed from audiotapes recorded in and around his legendary art studio it begins with the actor Ondine popping pills then follows a cast of thinlydisguised superstars musicians and prima donnas as they run riot through Manhattan A knowing response to James Joyces Ulysses using the freewheeling spontaneous techniques as Warhols visual art this filthy funny book is a uniquely creative insight into Factory lifeHellish hymns from Amphetamine Heaven the vox populi of the Velvet Underground These people are witty and they are grand they do terrible things and make awful remarks New York Review of Books