a: A Novel

In a marvelous performance, award-winning actor and LGBTQ+ activist Daniel Henning seamlessly provides all the voices, sounds (BEEP, BEEP, HONK, HONK), prompts, and stage directions in Andy Warhol's 1968 anti-story, anti-plot, anti-novel novel. Basically, a word-for-word transcript of tape recordings of various "24-hour conversations," gossip, and asides, the novel stars a taxicab full of Warhol's "superstars." There's the motor-mouth Ondine, acting as both ringmaster and raconteur with photographer Billy Name, the sweet Taxine (Edie Sedgwick), and the gruff, bass-voiced Rotten Rita--all vying for Warhol's passive-aggressive attention as they try to decide what to eat and whether or not to visit Brigid Berlin, the artist Warhol called "the Duchess." Henning captures the explicit humor, amphetamine-driven pace, and strangely mesmerizing sound of Warhol's pop-culture revolution. B.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2025]