The Place of Dead Roads
Author: Burroughs, William S.
ISBN: 9780141189796
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Sci-fi meets the Old West in this obscene and hilarious novel from Naked Lunch author and Beat icon William S. Burroughs
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, a homosexual gunslinger who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom.
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: 9780141189796
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2015
Pages: 320
Dimensions: 197mm x 128mm x 18mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Sci-fi meets the Old West in this obscene and hilarious novel from Naked Lunch author and Beat icon William S. Burroughs
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, a homosexual gunslinger who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom.
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.
