Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs

by Morgan, Ted
4.3 out of 5 Customer Rating
ISBN: 9780393342604
Availability:
  • Online Only
$36.64
New - Trade Paperback - 9780393342604

Available Offers

Overview

With a new preface as well as a final chapter on William S. Burroughs s last years, the acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure. Anarchist, heroin addict, alcoholic, and brilliant writer, Burroughs was the patron saint of the Beats. His avant-garde masterpiece Naked Lunch shook up the literary world with its graphic descriptions of drug abuse and illicit sex and resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on obscenity. Burroughs continued to revolutionize literature with novels like The Soft Machine and to shock with the events in his life, such as the accidental shooting of his wife, which haunted him until his death. Ted Morgan captures the man, his work, and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Paul Bowles among them in this riveting story of an iconoclast."
  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Morgan, Ted
  • ISBN: 9780393342604
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 9.20 x 1.30
  • Number Of Pages: 768
  • Publication Year: 2012
Language: English

Customer Reviews