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The Place of Dead Roads

The Place of Dead Roads

by William Burroughs
Paperback
Publication Date: 11/06/2010

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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.
ISBN:
9780007341931
9780007341931
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
11-06-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
272
Dimensions (mm):
197x130x19mm
Weight:
0.19kg

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