a av Andy Warhol

<p><b>Part novel, part Pop artwork, Andy Warhol''s <i>a </i>is an electrifying slice of life at his Factory studio</b><br><br><b>''A work of genius'' </b><i><b>Newsweek</b></i><br><br>In the early 1960s, Andy Warhol set out to turn the novel into pop art. <i>a</i>, 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 thinly-disguised superstars, musicians and prima donnas as they run riot through Manhattan. A knowing response to James Joyce''s <i>Ulysses</i>, using the freewheeling, spontaneous techniques as Warhol''s visual art, this filthy, funny book is a uniquely creative insight into Factory life.<br><br>''Hellish 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'' <i>New York Review of Books</i></p>