The Soft Machine
- ISBN-10
- 0802133290
- ISBN-13
- 9780802133298
- Series
- The Soft Machine
- Category
- Science fiction
- Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1966
- Author
- William S. Burroughs
Description
"In The Soft Machine, William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch, turns the sexy, "scientifically" controlled mass-media society inside out. With biting use of the American vernacular, Burroughs makes a devastating attack on the power structure, violence and hypocrisy in contemporary society."--Back cover.
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