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Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader Paperback - 2000

by William S. Burroughs; James Grauerholz (Editor); Ira Silverberg (Editor)

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""Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader" finally brings the author's actual writing back to the forefront. . . . A fantastic, weird, disturbing, and intriguing tribute to an inimitable American voice".--Mark Luce, "Salon".

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With the publication of Naked Lunch in 1959, William Burroughs abruptly brought international letters into the postmodern age. Beginning with his very early writing (including a chapter from his and Jack Kerouac's never-before-seen collaborative novel), Word Virus follows the arc of Burroughs's remarkable career, from his darkly hilarious "routines" to the experimental cut-up novels to Cities of the Red Night and The Cat Inside. Beautifully edited and complemented by James Grauerholz's illuminating biographical essays, Word Virus charts Burroughs's major themes and places the work in the context of the life. It is an excellent tool for the scholar and a delight for the general reader. Throughout a career that spanned half of the twentieth century, William S. Burroughs managed continually to be a visionary among writers. When he died in 1997, the world of letters lost its most elegant outsider.

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William Seward Burroughs (II) was born a few years after the beginning of "the American Century," descended from two respectable upper-middle-class families, one of which would give its name to a great American company.

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  • Title Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader
  • Author William S. Burroughs; James Grauerholz (Editor); Ira Silverberg (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: Repri
  • Pages 576
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Publication date 2000-06-22
  • Features Bibliography
  • ISBN 9780802136947 / 080213694X
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.4 in (22.35 x 14.99 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Topical: Lgbt
  • Category Literature - Classics / Criticism
  • Library of Congress subjects Authors, American - 20th century, Beat generation
  • Dewey Decimal Code 813.54

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  • Entertainment Weekly, 07/28/2000, Page 175
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