One of the major literary works by Andy Warhol, the subject of the new
Netflix documentary The Andy Warhol Diaries, executive produced by
Ryan Murphy
Conceptually unique, hilarious, and frightening, a: A Novel is the
perfect literary manifestation of Andy Warhol's sensibility. In the late
sixties, Warhol set out to turn a trade book into a piece of pop art,
and the result was this astonishing account of the artists, superstars,
addicts, and freaks who made up the Factory milieu. Created from
audiotapes recorded in and around the Factory, a: A Novel begins with
the fabulous Ondine popping several amphetamines and then follows its
characters as they converse with inspired, speed-driven wit and cut
swaths through the clubs, coffee shops, hospitals, and whorehouses of
1960s Manhattan.