The Andy Warhol Diaries Edited by Pat Hackett

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NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES’His last great work of art’ Nicholas Lezard, Guardian’Cruel, sexy, and sometimes heartbreaking … Warhol is no neutral observer, but a character in his own right’ Newsweek Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. Written at the height of his fame and success, Warhol records the fun of an Academy Awards party, nights out at Studio 54, trips between London, Paris and New York, and surprisingly even the money he spent each day, down to the cent. With appearances from and references to everyone who was anyone, from Jim Morrison, Martina Navratilova and Calvin Klein to Shirley Bassey, Estee Lauder and Muhammad Ali, these diaries are the most glamorous, witty and revealing writings of the twentieth century.Edited with an Introduction by Pat Hackett

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Weight 0.848 kg
Dimensions 5.1 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback

Language

Pages

1216

Publisher

Year Published

2010-11-4

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Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0141193077

About The Author

Andy Warhol, a painter and graphic artist, also produced a significant body of film work, including the famous Chelsea Girls. Equally well known in the late sixties and early seventies as resident in his studio, the Factory, Warhol died in New York in 1987.Pat Hackett worked closely with Andy Warhol for twenty years, co-authoring two books and a screenplay as well as serving as his diarist.

Cruel, sexy, and sometimes heartbreaking … Warhol is no neutral observer, but a character in his own right

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A guilty pleasure, famed for their celebrity anecdotes, their triviality, their lack of engagement…The 90s bestseller that no one admitted having read…In his diaries, as in much else, Warhol was way ahead of the game.

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