In William S. Burroughs, Phil Baker investigates this cult writer’s life and work—from small-town Kansas to New York in the ’40s, Mexico and the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of Naked Lunch, to Paris and the Beat ...
William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination
William Burroughs remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the twentieth century.
The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states.
James Grauerholz's incisive introduction sets the scene for this series of pieces, guiding the reader through Burroughs's literary evolution from the precise, laconic, and deadpan writer of Junky and Queer to the radical, uncompromising ...
Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg have selected twenty-five critical essays on Burroughs that reflect the historical reception of his work, both positive and negative, decade by decade, and that represent...
Whether they tell of him exploring the occult with David Bowie, providing Lou Reed with gritty depictions of street life, or counseling Patti Smith about coping with fame, the stories of Burroughs's backstage impact will transform the way ...
This volume presents a wide selection of the artistic output of the writer William S. Burroughs, and shows works that he created during the 1960s with Brion Gysin, Ian Sommerville, and Anthony Balch under the name of 'The Third Mind' as ...
From William Burroughs, cult author of ‘Naked Lunch’, the second title in his classic ‘Cut-Up Trilogy’.
Romanul acesta umanizează retroactiv întreaga sa operă." Martin Amis „În Queer se întâlnesc multe dintre temele, tehnicile narative și personajele lui Burroughs.