Long Time Coming and A Long Time Gone Author:Richard Farina Two days after publication of BEEN DOWN SO LONG IT LOOKS UP TO ME Richard Farina dies in a motorcycle accident near Carmel. California. Thus he never knew of the success of his book, or his recognition s one of the most original and authentic voices of his generation. — LONG TIME COMING AND A LONG TIME GONE goes beyond that first novel in range ... more »and savage candor. It is a multi-track recording in prose and poetry of highs and lows, bum trips and mind blasts, and of an odyssey that made the revolutionary scene in Cuba and Ireland.« less