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Additionally, it is a fascinating portrait of society and the world in the seventies and eighties and the major transformations that took place in commerce and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBehind the glow of his famous Factory, where the most glamorous figures of his time passed through (Susan Sontag, Mick Jagger, or the Rothschild barons, among others), there was a shy man who lived much of his life with his mother and zealously protected his privacy. Filled with new ideas about the artist’s work and personality, this book perfectly captures the contradictions and radical ingenuity that led Warhol to revolutionize the cultural scene. Was he a joke or a true genius? Was he a radical or an opportunist? As Warhol himself would have answered: yes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCritics have said:\u003cbr\u003e“I wish I could have known Warhol better. This fantastic biography makes me feel like I did. It reveals both the man and the genius beneath that silver wig.”\u003cbr\u003eELTON JOHN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There are so many Warholian moments in this magnificent book that I wouldn’t know where to start. Captivating, it has as much art history and philosophy as biography.”\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Warhol lived one of the greatest lives of the 20th century and now has a biography worthy of that life. Not a page is wasted.”\u003cbr\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Absorbing.”\u003cbr\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Impressive, breathtaking.”\u003cbr\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fantastic and thorough. The author delves into the life of one of the greatest myths of our times, silver wig included.”\u003cbr\u003eThe Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An epic biography of the king of pop art. A book to enjoy, providing every detail with agile writing. 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It includes an introductory text by its editor, Michael Dayton Hermann, of the Andy Warhol Foundation, and essays by Warhol’s biographer Blake Gopnik and art critic Drew Zeiba. Poems by James Baldwin, Thom Gunn, Harold Norse, Essex Hemphill, and Allen Ginsberg create moments of introspection that expand the themes and moods present in the drawings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2088\" data-end=\"2567\"\u003eThe style of the drawings evokes the sketches of Jean Cocteau and even Matisse, with a line as agile as it is refined and precise. Meanwhile, the mischievous voyeurism is typical of Warhol, and even the boldest drawings contain a kind of playful humor, a sense of ironic detachment that would become a personal trademark of Warhol. 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