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Burroughs: Place Of Dead Roads

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A controversial reworking of well-trodden American myth by the author of 'Naked Lunch'. This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, 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 himself, Kim Carson, who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America. Fantastical and humorous, 'The Place of Dead Roads' continues William Burroughs' exploration of society's controlling forces - the State, the Church, women, literature, drugs - with a style that is utterly unique in twentieth-century literature.

Product Overview
ISBN 9780007341931
Categories DH, Fiction, Literary Fiction
Author(s) Burroughs, William
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Pages 268
Format Paperback
Dimensions 19.7cm x 1.9cm x 13cm
Weight 0.192 kg