{"product_id":"now-dig-this-the-unspeakable-writings-of-terry-southern-1950-1995-paperback","title":"Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-1995 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTerry Southern\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNile Southern\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJosh Alan Friedman\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAcclaimed novelist, Beat godfather, prolific screenwriter, and one of the founders of New Journalism, as well as the only guy to wear shades on the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's cover, Terry Southern was an audacious original.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNow Dig This\u003c\/i\u003e is a journey through Terry Southern's America, from the buttoned-down '50s through the sexual revolution, rock 'n' roll, and independent cinema (which he helped inaugurate by cowriting and producing Easy Rider), up to his death in 1995. It spans Southern's stellar career, from early short stories and a \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e interview with Henry Green, to his legendary Esquire piece covering the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention with Jean Genet and William Burroughs and his equally infamous account of life neck-high in girls and cocaine aboard The Rolling Stones' tour jet, to his memories of twentieth-century legends like Abbie Hoffman, Kurt Vonnegut, and Stanley Kubrick, with whom he wrote Dr. Strangelove.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A voice electric with street rhythm and royal with offhand intellection ... stuffed with strange and silken scraps.\"-Troy Patterson, \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The subterranean Texan's finest moments are exquisite reads ... like a hot poker in the eye of conventional narrative.\"--A. D. Amorosi, \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia City Paper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The range of writing ... [was] as lethal as Mailer claimed and still awaiting the attention it deserves.\"--Charles Taylor, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"... reveals a writer defined by his generosity, by the pursuit of fun and by an insatiable ... literary appetite....\"--Claire Dederer, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 8.38 x 5.64 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 08, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985724604717,"sku":"9780802138941","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/A92B3Rdet39780802138941.webp?v=1776138680","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/now-dig-this-the-unspeakable-writings-of-terry-southern-1950-1995-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}