The Place of Dead Roads Paperback
by William Burroughs
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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.
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- Format:Paperback
- Pages:272 pages, maps
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:29/04/2010
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- ISBN:9780007341931
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Unavailable
- Format:Paperback
- Pages:272 pages, maps
- Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
- Publication Date:29/04/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780007341931