BOOKS by William S Burroughs

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1	Naked Lunch more books like this by William S. Burroughs The anarchic, phenomenally strong-selling classic from the godfather of the Beats: revitalised with a cool new jacket. WELCOME TO INTERZONE...Say hello to Bradley the Buyer, the best narcotics agent in the business. Attend international playboy A.J.'s annual party, where the punch is to be treated with extreme caution. Meet Dr 'Fingers' Schafer, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.78! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text more books like this by William S Burroughs, Mark Bramhall (Read by) NAKED LUNCH, the controversial masterpiece by Beat Generation founding father William S. Burroughs, has the distinction of being the last novel banned in the United States. Decried as obscene, the novel uses frank and extremely graphic depictions of drug use and sex as metaphors for the human condition: all of humanity, Burroughs feels, is ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $8.08! \| SVS
3	Cities of the Red Night more books like this by William S Burroughs Three stories are interwoven in this novel. Clem Snide, a private detective, has to solve a case of ritual murder. In the Gobi Desert 100,000 years ago, a red virus has erupted. And in the 18th century, gay pirates have set up their own republics in South America and are at war with the conquistadors (Burroughs also uses this last theme in his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Queer more books like this by William S Burroughs Written at the same time as JUNKY, QUEER revolves around a homosexual relationship in Mexico City, and William Lee's search for the mythical hallucinogen yage in South America. Because of its themes of homosexuality and drug use, this book would not find a publisher until 1986. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks more books like this by William S Burroughs More than sixty years ago, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac sat down inNew York City to write a novel about the summer of 1944, when one of their friends killed another in a moment of brutal and tragic bloodshed. The two authors were then at the dawn of their careers, having yet to write anything of note. Alternating chapters and narrators, ... see all copies from $16.75! new only from $16.75! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Junky more books like this by William S Burroughs 'Junk is not, like alcohol or a weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life.' In this complete and unexpurgated edition of Burroughs' famous book, he depicts the addict's life: his hallucinations, his ghostly noctural wanderings, his strange sexuality and his hunger for the needle. "Junky" remains one of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.67! \| signed copies
7	Place of Dead Roads more books like this by William S Burroughs William Burroughs's 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.92! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Junky: The Definitive Text of Junk (50th Anniversary Edition) more books like this by William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg (Foreword by), Oliver Harris (Introduction by) An autobiographical novel written in a confessional, pulp-fiction style, JUNKY is the story of heroin addict William Lee, who is forced to travel as a result of his drug underworld connections. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $7.00! \| SVS
9	The Western Lands more books like this by William S Burroughs Drawing heavily on Egyptian mythology, this visionary novel follows Joe the Dead, Kim Carsons, Neferti, Hassan i Sabbah, and the Old Man of the Mountains on their hazardous pilgrimage toward immortality. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Exterminator! more books like this by William S Burroughs A collection of short stories on the themes of dreading death and the very real forces of evil that inhabit the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.53! \| signed copies \| first editions
11 view cover	The Ticket That Exploded more books like this by William S. Burroughs "Earth was under attack, but by whom? The Insect People of Minraud? The Nova Mob? The 'White Hunters'? Representatives of Hassan i Sabbah or the White Goddess?" "Language is the worn coin pressed silently into my hand. Inspector J. Lee of the Nova Police knew them by many names - but he only knew one way to stop them." "The only weapon was ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Soft machine more books like this by William S. Burroughs Hanged soldiers, North African street urchins, addicted narcotic agents, Spanish rent boys, evil doctors, corrupt judges and monsters from the mythology of history or the laboratories of science - Burroughs is truly the Hieronymous Bosch of our time. In this surreal, savage and brilliantly funny sequel to Naked Lunch, Burroughs's famous 'cut-up' ... see all copies from $4.10! new only from $6.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Cat Inside more books like this by William S Burroughs Burroughs, an unlikely cat lover, writes a kind of autobiography in this fond and tender reminiscence of the cats in his life. see all copies from $2.45! new only from $2.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Interzone. more books like this by William S. Burroughs Written by the author of "The Naked Lunch", "Junkie", "The Place of Dead Roads", "Cities of the Red Night", "The Western Nights" and "Queer", this is a collection of letters, short stories, routines and notebook entries from the mid 1950s. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.74! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead more books like this by William S Burroughs The Wild Boys is a futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states. Making full use of his inimitable humor, wild imagination, and style, Burroughs creates a world that is as terrifying as it is fascinating. see all copies from $3.25! new only from $8.08! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The Adding Machine: Selected Essays more books like this by William S Burroughs Lectures and essays on writers (Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Kerouac, and Beckett) and Burroughs's own writing technique, as well as writing advice and thoughts on his own career. This selection of Burroughs's wise and witty essays was called "wonderfully entertaining" by the Chicago Sun-Times. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $6.75! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Nova express more books like this by William S Burroughs In this Part Four of the Nova Tetralogy, Burroughs swerves deeper into science fiction with space battles between the Nova Mob and planet Earth. Here, Burroughs offers the concept of writing as a way of holding out against totalitarianism. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.68! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security more books like this by William S. Burroughs, William E. Burrows The first major book about spying from space and the men who do it, describing the full extent of U.S. space espionage and illuminating the question about whether we can adequately verify what is going on in the world of police arms and control treaties. Photographs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $99.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	Ghost of Chance more books like this by William S Burroughs William Burroughs shot his wife. But he was very kind to cats...This adventure story set in the jungle of Madagascar starts with a pirate on Madagascar who develops an obsessive relationship with a lemur and attempts to set up a Utoplan society. It then spins out to take in famllar Burroughs obsessions: drugs, paranoia, the origins of disease and ... see all copies from $2.01! new only from $6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Yage Letters more books like this by William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg Letters written by Burroughs during his South American travels. see all copies from $4.00! new only from $13.76! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Yage Letters Redux more books like this by William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Oliver Harris (Editor) In January 1953, William S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of South America to find "yage," the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept and the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as "The Yage Letters," For this edition, Oliver Harris ... see all copies from $8.50! new only from $9.01! \| SVS
22 view cover	Rebels and Devils: The Psychology of Liberation more books like this by Christopher S. Hyatt, William Burroughs "Rebels & Devils" brings together some of the most talented, controversial and rebellious people of all time. Many - such as William S. Burroughs, Dr Timothy Leary, Robert Anton Wilson and Aleister Crowley - are world famous. Others contributors, such as James Wasserman, S Jason Black and Peter J Carroll, are well-accomplished in their own fields. ... see all copies from $5.35! new only from $13.75!
23 view cover	Weather more books like this by Weldon-Owen, Sally Morgan, William J. Burroughs From the best-selling series, here is a stunningly designed guide to the mechanics of weather. Covers weather "events" and cloud formations, as well as the variety of planetary climate conditions. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.32!
24 view cover	The Job: Interviews with William S. Burroughs more books like this by William S Burroughs, Daniel Odier Williams gives his obsessive, honest, occasionally bizarre, always provocative opinions on various aspects of American life and culture, including sex, politics, and his drug addiction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs more books like this by William S Burroughs, James Grauerholz (Editor) Burroughs's diaries from his last nine months are brilliant riffs on everything Burroughs held dear: the idiocy of American drug policy, the decline of civilization in general, the comfort he drew from his beloved cats, as well as--sadly--the deaths of friends, his own medical problems, and his preparations for death. see all copies from $5.98! new only from $7.44! \| first editions \| SVS

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