''The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol'' () is a 1971

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by the British journalist

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. It was republished in June 2010 by Trela Media. The book is a collection of oral interviews with some of Warhol's closest associates and superstars, including Leo Castelli,

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, Viva, Lou Reed, and

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History

John Wilcock was introduced to

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through filmmaker

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, assisting on some of Warhol's early films, hanging out at his parties and quickly becoming a regular at

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. “About six months after I started hanging out at the old, silvery Factory on West 47th Street,” Wilcock later reflected, “ erardMalanga came up to me and asked, ‘When are you going to write something about us?'”Wilcock, John (2010). ''The Autobiography and Sex Life of Andy Warhol''. New York: Trela Media. The book's title, originally suggested to Wilcock by Paul Morrissey, is misleading; the book is neither an autobiography nor a sexual exposé. Despite its small initial printing, the book was sold for upwards of $75 at some of the world's top art museums. A review by Branden W. Joseph of

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credited the “virtually self-published” volume as a trendsetter in Warhol studies, praising the “unassuming, slightly irreverent” tribute for the way it “cleverly engaged with Warhol’s self-fashioned image, reinforcing the impression that Warhol had nothing to say on his own behalf.”

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