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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This collection gathers much of Burroughs' shorter work which appeared in literary magazines during the 1960s and other rare ephemera. The book reminded me of the uncanny power of Burroughs' mind and why I was so fascinated with his work so many years ago. Most of this material was produced during the same time as his Nova Trilogy (The Soft Machine, The Ticket that Exploded, and Nova Express), i.e., his most formally experimental phase. The Burroughs File proves not only was there a method to his "madness," but there was really just a METHOD period. Burroughs used to this method to unfold the nature of reality, political control, and biological enslavement. And, of course, to heal himself from those aforementioned. Highly recommended for beginners or devotees. no reviews | add a review
Trenchant writings by that sardonic "hombre invisible," William Seward Burroughs, perpetrator ofNaked Lunch 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 fromWhite Subway,Cobblestone Gardens, andThe Retreat Diaries, this collection delineates Burroughs' comprehensive world-view and his "insurrectionary sense of America's underside," as Tom Carson epitomized it inThe Village Voice. Also included are essays on Burroughs by Alan Ansen and Paul Bowles, and facsimile pages from the famous cut-up scrapbooks of the mid-century:The Book of Hours,John Brady's Book, andThe Old Farmer's Almanac. " ... his Swiftian vision of a processed, prepackaged life, of a kind of electrochemical totalitarianism, often evokes the black laughter of hilarious horror."--Playboy "Burroughs may be our only writer whose socio-political apacalyptica transcend both paranoia and triviality; his imagination is superb, his ear savagely satiric."--Kirkus Reviews "Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift."--Jack Kerouac William Burroughs (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include:Junky,Naked Lunch,The Soft Machine, andCities of the Red Night. No library descriptions found. |
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This is another collection of diverse writings, nicely illustrated, nicely laid out. Alas, it's also another one I read after I was jaded w/ Burroughs so the ideas seem stale. Still, a 'bad' Burroughs bk is better than any Michael Crichton novel cd ever hope to be. ( )