In his semi-biographical account of Warhol’s impact before, during, and after the sixties simply called “Andy Warhol,” Wayne Koestenbaum analyzes the man behind the icon. In the introduction, Koestenbaum talks about Warhol’s isolation because of fear of rejection, despite constant cash flow for his work. He also discusses the fact that Warhol was torn between timidity and temerity. Warhol’s love of boredom comes up, and, or course, so do his films and repetitious works of art.
The book actually begins with a section titled “Before” that describes Warhol’s life up to the sixties. It begins with his sixteenth birthday, then backs up to his parents’ first meeting, and runs quickly through life up until graduatio
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