{"product_id":"9780141189796","title":"The Place of Dead Roads","description":"Author: Burroughs, William S.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141189796\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 25 Mar 2015\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSci-fi meets the Old West in this obscene and hilarious novel from \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e author and Beat icon William S. Burroughs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFantastical and humorous, \u003ci\u003eThe Place of Dead Roads\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48150343024798,"sku":"UBD-9780141189796","price":26.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780141189796.jpg?v=1786964391","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780141189796","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}