{"product_id":"red-dirt-marijuana-and-other-tastesisbn-9780806511673","title":"Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes","description":"Before New Journalism, before the waggish cinema of Woody Allen, before the Gonzo World of Hunter S. Thompson, \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNational Lampoon,\u003c\/i\u003e there was the legendary Terry Southern—author of \u003ci\u003eCandy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Christian\u003c\/i\u003e and the screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRed-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes,\u003c\/i\u003e widely recognized as an underground classic, is a collection of Southern's short pieces, two dozen hilarious, well-observed, and devastating sketches that expose the hypocrisy of American social mores. This edition features an introduction by George Plimpton, one of Southern's longtime literary allies and former editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Terry Southern is the illegitimate son of Mack Sennett and Edna St. Vincent Millay.” —Kurt Vonnegut\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Terry Southern writes a clean, mean, coolly deliberate, and murderous prose.” —Norman Mailer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If there was a Mt. Rushmore of modern American humor, Terry Southern would be the mountain they carve it on.” \u003cbr\u003e—Michale O'Donoghue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Impressive . . . He is both acutely aware of, and the absolute master of the nuances, the ludicrous snobbishness, the deliberate exclusivity of clique vocabulary. . . . With demoniacal cunning he masquerades as the guardian of \u003ci\u003etaste,\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eresponsibility,\u003c\/i\u003e and of common decency (Mr. Southern's italics, of course).” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003eBorn in 1924, \u003cb\u003eTerry Southern\u003c\/b\u003e was a novelist and screenwriter famous for his dark, biting satirical style. From the postwar Paris literary movement of the 1950s to the Greenwich Village Beat writers to the swinging London of the 1960s, Southern left an indelible mark on the style of American storytelling in the twentieth century. As one of the screenwriters behind the Academy Award–nominated \u003ci\u003eDr. Strangelove,\u003c\/i\u003e as well as\u003ci\u003e The Cincinnati Kid\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e, he helped to create the independent film movement in the 1970s. In the 1980s he was one of the writers on \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Live\u003c\/i\u003e. His literary output includes \u003ci\u003eFlash and Filigree, The Magic Christian, Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBlue Movie\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He died in 1995.","brand":"Citadel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303270240485,"sku":"NP9780806511673","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780806511672_4e5be230-e8a9-40fa-aee1-0c887bfc01b7.jpg?v=1730753687","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/red-dirt-marijuana-and-other-tastesisbn-9780806511673","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}