And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
- ISBN-10
- 0802144349
- ISBN-13
- 9780802144348
- Series
- And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks
- Category
- Fiction
- Pages
- 214
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Authors
- William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac
Description
"And the hippos were boiled in their tanks is an engaging, fast-paced read that shows the two authors' developing styles. It is also an incomparable artifact, a legendary novel from the dawn of the Beat movement by two hugely influential writers."--Jacket.
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- 2013-04-04
- 224 pages
- Paperback
- Penguin UK
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