A witty, psychedelic, and telling novel of the 1960sRichard Fariña evokes the Sixties as precisely, wittily, and poignantly as F. Scott Fitzgerald captured the Jazz Age. The hero, Gnossus Pappadopoulis, weaves his way through the psychedelic landscape, encountering-among other things-mescaline, women, art, gluttony, falsehood, science, prayer, and, occasionally, truth.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
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Richard Fariña was an American writer and folksinger whose work reflected his cosmopolitan upbringing and rebellious spirit. His writing is characterized by a raw energy and an unflinching exploration of themes of alienation, youth, and the search for identity during turbulent times. Through his prose, he captured the zeitgeist, often with a sense of the absurd and ironic. His literary legacy lies in his ability to articulate the unrest and defiance of a generation.
