{"product_id":"the-burroughs-file-paperback","title":"The Burroughs File - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTrenchant writings by that sardonic \"hombre invisible,\" William Seward Burroughs, perpetrator of \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e and other shockers. These malefic and beatific, mordant and hilarious straight-face reports on life are mostly from scatter-shot publications in obscure places, foreign and domestic. Including complete texts from \u003ci\u003eWhite Subway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCobblestone Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Retreat Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection delineates Burroughs' comprehensive world-view and his \"insurrectionary sense of America's underside,\" as Tom Carson epitomized it in \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included are essays on Burroughs by Alan Ansen and Paul Bowles, and facsimile pages from the famous cut-up scrapbooks of the mid-century: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Brady's Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" ... his Swiftian vision of a processed, prepackaged life, of a kind of electrochemical totalitarianism, often evokes the black laughter of hilarious horror.\"--\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burroughs may be our only writer whose socio-political apacalyptica transcend both paranoia and triviality; his imagination is superb, his ear savagely satiric.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.\"--Jack Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Burroughs\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Soft Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCities of the Red Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Burroughs (1915-1997) is widely reconized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003cem\u003eJunky, Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCities of the Red Night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 227\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 8.12 x 5.48 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47331045474553,"sku":"9780872861527","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cllVOWZXWTVQMmN6bDFpaktwMGNJQT09.webp?v=1769611218","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-burroughs-file-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}