Description: A surreal fable that features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid, Kim Carson, who sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom. William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, Queer, Nova Express, Interzone, The Wild Boys, The Ticket That Exploded and The Soft Machine. After living in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris, and London, Burroughs finally returned to America in 1974. He died in 1997.
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EAN: 9780141189796
UPC: 9780141189796
ISBN: 9780141189796
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Item Length: 19.8 cm
Book Title: The Place of Dead Roads
Item Height: 198mm
Item Width: 129mm
Author: William S. Burroughs
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Books
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Year: 2015
Item Weight: 236g
Number of Pages: 320 Pages
