Gopnik digs deep into the contradictions and radical genius that led Andy Warhol to revolutionise our cultural world. Based on years of archival research and on interviews with hundreds of Warhol's surviving friends, lovers and enemies. Filled with new insights into the artist's work and personality. Was he a joke or a genius, a radical or a social climber? Warhol himself would have answered: Yes. The definitive biography of one of the most famous and influential artists the world has ever seen.