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This award-winning memoir about the hippest guy on the planet recollects novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern''s highs and lows, his association with the Beat Generation, and his movie cult classics Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider.

In 1964, Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of The Loved One. He was enjoying his success from co-writing the risque novel Candy, a satire of Candide, and the movie Dr. Strangelove; she had just co-starred with Elvis Presley in Girl Happy. Though they were both married, there was an instant connection and they remained a couple until his death 30 years later.

In her memoir, Gail recalls what life was like with the hippest guy on the planet. It documents their life together and contains numerous photographs of Terry and Gail with friends both famous and notorious. The wickedly gifted satirist, who had a stint writing for Saturday Night Live, kept company with the lik

Trippin with Terry Southern

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      Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
      Publication Date: 7/30/2009
      ISBN13: 9780786441143, 978-0786441143
      ISBN10: 0786441143

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This award-winning memoir about the hippest guy on the planet recollects novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern''s highs and lows, his association with the Beat Generation, and his movie cult classics Dr. Strangelove and Easy Rider.

      In 1964, Terry Southern met actress Gail Gerber on the set of The Loved One. He was enjoying his success from co-writing the risque novel Candy, a satire of Candide, and the movie Dr. Strangelove; she had just co-starred with Elvis Presley in Girl Happy. Though they were both married, there was an instant connection and they remained a couple until his death 30 years later.

      In her memoir, Gail recalls what life was like with the hippest guy on the planet. It documents their life together and contains numerous photographs of Terry and Gail with friends both famous and notorious. The wickedly gifted satirist, who had a stint writing for Saturday Night Live, kept company with the lik

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