Now Dig This
The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950–1995
by Terry Southern
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Pub Date Nov 06 2012 | Archive Date Dec 31 2012
Description
An unforgettable chronicle of an era by one of America’s wildest—and most brilliant—comedic and literary minds
Edited by Nile Southern and Josh Alan Friedman
Starting with his landing at the Battle of the Bulge, Terry Southern showed a knack for winding up in the world’s most interesting places. He spent the fifties on the Left Bank of Paris, the sixties in mod London, and the seventies touring with the Rolling Stones. When the Beatles rolled out their famous pantheon of movers and shakers for the cover of Sgt. Pepper, Terry was the only guy wearing shades. When police broke heads during the ’68 democratic convention in Chicago, Southern was there to bear witness. And when Stanley Kubrick needed someone to make Dr. Strangelove funny, there was only one man qualified for the job. As the golden age of rock ’n’ roll wound down, Southern never stopped writing, and his prose never lost its trademark intensity. Filthy, fierce, and relentlessly dazzling, these letters, essays, stories, and interviews are an electric testament to one of the keenest wits of the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
Edited by Nile Southern and Josh Alan Friedman
Starting with his landing at the Battle of the Bulge, Terry Southern showed a knack for winding up in the world’s most interesting places. He spent the fifties on the Left Bank of Paris, the sixties in mod London, and the seventies touring with the Rolling Stones. When the Beatles rolled out their famous pantheon of movers and shakers for the cover of Sgt. Pepper, Terry was the only guy wearing shades. When police broke heads during the ’68 democratic convention in Chicago, Southern was there to bear witness. And when Stanley Kubrick needed someone to make Dr. Strangelove funny, there was only one man qualified for the job. As the golden age of rock ’n’ roll wound down, Southern never stopped writing, and his prose never lost its trademark intensity. Filthy, fierce, and relentlessly dazzling, these letters, essays, stories, and interviews are an electric testament to one of the keenest wits of the twentieth century. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.
A Note From the Publisher
Terry Southern (1924–1995) was an American author and screenwriter. His satirical novels—including the bestselling cult classics Candy (1958) and The Magic Christian (1959)—and his screenplays for Barbarella, The Loved One, The Cincinnati Kid, Dr. Strangelove, and Easy Rider (the latter two of which were both nominated for the Academy Award for Best Screenplay) established Southern as one of the leading literary and pop-culture voices of the sixties. His other books include Flash and Filigree (1958), Blue Movie (1970), Texas Summer (1991), and his first anthology, Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes (1967). In later years, he wrote for Saturday Night Live and lectured on screenwriting at New York University and Columbia University.
Advance Praise
“Now Dig This! reveals a writer defined by his generosity,
by the pursuit of fun and by an insatiable hunger.” —The New York
Times Book Review
“A voice electric with street rhythm and royal with offhand intellection . . . a ragbag of journalism, correspondence, and oddities . . . stuffed with strange and silken scraps.” —Entertainment Weekly
“The ballsy writer of all ballsy writers.” —Jonathan Ames
“Offering an industrial-strength dose of Southern’s own special brand of high weirdness, Now Dig This! contains some of the most profound, and downright silliest, things the man ever came up with.” —Time
“A voice electric with street rhythm and royal with offhand intellection . . . a ragbag of journalism, correspondence, and oddities . . . stuffed with strange and silken scraps.” —Entertainment Weekly
“The ballsy writer of all ballsy writers.” —Jonathan Ames
“Offering an industrial-strength dose of Southern’s own special brand of high weirdness, Now Dig This! contains some of the most profound, and downright silliest, things the man ever came up with.” —Time
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781453265895 |
PRICE | $14.99 (USD) |