En este libro la protagonista arrastra al lector a un viaje surrealista en el que reflfleja de primera mano su fascinación por este círculo de artistas (Lou Reed, Nico, Gerard Malanga, Ondine), por las drag queens de la Fábrica, las fiestas y los excesos. Viajamos con ella desde el entusiasmo inicial por pertenecer a esta contracultura hipster hasta la absoluta pérdida del control debido a su adicción a las anfetaminas: estas memorias frenéticas son un retrato veraz de una época desde el punto de vista de alguien que lo vivió intensamente y desde dentro.

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The author recounts her experiences as part of Andy Warhol's infamous inner circle and shares her thoughts on her personal life and career.

Actress, author & figurative painter Mary Woronov arrived in Warhol's Factory on a college school trip and never went home. Swimming Underground is the story of the years she spent there in a cavalcade of creative outcasts and over-the-edge experiences. All the taboos that reigned in the early sixties were taken as sign posts through a narcotic, erotic and destructive urban haze, showing the way to violent discovery. The personal costs were extremely high, but Woronov faces them all with brutal honesty. How did Warhol get started? This is the book that will tell you. "Mary Woronov's terrifying and wonderfully written memoir is a sort of "Naked Brunch" that knocks all the other Warhol books off the shelf. It's the scariest, funniest read in a long, long time," John Waters.