Description: With screenwriting credits second to none and the author of such novels as Candy, The Magic Christian, and Blue Movie, Terry Southern (1924-1995) created some of the most enduring landmarks of popular culture. He was friends with celebrities such as Lenny Bruce, William Burroughs, the Beatles (Southern's the one wearing sunglasses on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band), the Rolling Stones, Stanley Kubrick (he suggested that Kubrick film A Clockwork Orange), Dennis Hopper, Rip Torn, Larry Rivers, and George Plimpton. A veritable literary time capsule, Terry Southern's life was integral to the avant-garde in postwar Paris, the Beat years, "swinging" London, Hollywood, literary New York, and throughout the psychedelic '60s. A Grand Guy reveals the story of one of the most enigmatic and fascinating characters from the latter half of the century and an icon to a generation of humorists.

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