"Millionaires Fiction." . . "Motion picture plays Specimens." . . "Fiction." . . "Black humor (Literature)" . . "Magic Christian" . . . "Movie novels"@en . . . . . "Comedy" . . . . . . . . . . "The Magic Christian" . "The Magic Christian"@en . . "El cristiano mágico"@es . . "Corrected proofs (Printing)"@en . "The Magic christian : screenplay"@en . . . . "Guy Grand is an eccentric billionaire-the last of the big spenders-determined to create disorder in the material world and willing to spare no expense to do it." . "Drama"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Humorous stories"@en . "Electronic books"@en . "Feature" . . . . "Electronic books" . . . "Humorous fiction"@en . . "Humorous fiction" . . . . "The Magic Christian. [A novel.]"@en . . . . . . "In this uproarious and wicked cult-classic, Southern skewers American greed and pomposity Guy Grand, an eccentric billionaire prankster, is rich enough to do whatever he likes. And what he likes is to carefully execute projects where he can cauterize by ridicule what the rest of the world ignores: complacency, greed, corruption, and idiocy. Determined to “make it hot for people,” Grand spends his billions staging a series of hilarious, sometimes bewildering stunts, lampooning along the way the American holy cows of money, status, power, beauty, media, and stardom. Concocting deliciously perverse mayhem, he throws a million one-hundred-dollar bills into an enormous vat of steaming offal, proving just what people will do for money, and he promotes a new silky shampoo that turns hair to wire and a deodorant that becomes a time-released stench-bomb. He inserts subliminally suggestive and perverse images into well-loved classic films, takes a howitzer on safari, and brings a panther to a kennel club dog show. His most elaborate adventure is an ultra-exclusive cruise aboard the S.S. Magic Christian, where elite passengers are treated to a series of madcap indignities. The Magic Christian is a hilarious and savagely satiric view of American commercialism, rich in Southern’s deft handling of detail, dialogue, and delightful deviancy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate."@en . . . . . "Fiction"@en . "Fiction" . . . . "The magic christian" . . "The magic christian"@en . "Fiction"@es . . . . . . "The Magic Christian , first published in 1959, is a satiric novel chronicling the madcap misdeeds and practical jokes of billionaire Guy Grand. Grand, whose mission in life is to create a joyful havoc using his unlimited wealth and creative imagination, believes that \"there is nothing so degrading or so distasteful that someone won't do it for money.\" The Magic Christian was the basis for the 1969 film of the same name starring Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr."@en . . . . . . "Black humor (Literature)"@en . "Black humor (Literature)" . . . . . . "Satire"@en . "The 'Magic Christian'"@en . "The magic Christian" . "The magic Christian"@en . . "Humorous satire about the American way of life."@en . . "Specimens"@en . "THE MAGIC CHRISTIAN" . . "Satire" . . "Ihmekristitty"@fi . . . . . "Ihmekristitty" . . . "Galley proofs (Printing)"@en . . . . "Millionaires." . . "Humorous fiction." . . . . "FICTION / Literary" . . "Penguin." . . "Millionaires-Fiction Avarice-Fiction." . . "Novela Norteamericana - Siglo XX." . . "Motion picture plays." . . "Avarice." . . "FICTION / General" . . "Orphans Drama." . . "Orphans." . . "Avarice Fiction." . .