BOOKS by William S. Burroughs

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1	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) add to wishlist 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 $5.50! new only from $7.50! \| SVS
2	Naked Lunch more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Junky more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist '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 $10.38! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks more books like this by William S Burroughs, Jack Kerouac add to wishlist 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 $7.97! new only from $7.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text more books like this by William S Burroughs, Mark Bramhall (Read by) add to wishlist Reedited by Burroughs scholar Barry Miles and Burroughs' longtime editor James Grauerholz, "Naked Lunch: The Restored Text" includes many editorial corrections to errors present in previous editions, and incorporates Burroughs' notes on the text, several essays he wrote over the years about the book, and an appendix of 20 percent all-new material. see all copies from $4.55! new only from $8.34! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Cat Inside more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $1.99! new only from $5.82! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Queer more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $4.00! new only from $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Cities of the Red Night more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $8.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Exterminator! more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $7.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Nova express more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $6.91! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Soft machine more books like this by William S. Burroughs add to wishlist Book one in Burroughs' surreal, anarchic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. Hanged soldiers, North African street urchins, addicted narcotics 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 ... see all copies from $3.77! new only from $6.67! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	My Education: A Book of Dreams more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist A glimpse into the subconscious of the author of JUNKY, NAKED LUNCH, and NOVA EXPRESS. Dreams have always been a rich source of imagery for Burroughs. In MY EDUCATION they form the core of the book. Embodying and exploring the author's unique and provocative ideas on writing, painting, and creativity, MY EDUCATION is also profoundly personal, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13	Deep Black: Space Espionage and National Security more books like this by William S Burroughs, William E Burrows add to wishlist 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! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Ticket That Exploded more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist In the third part of the Nova Tetralogy, Burroughs uses the cut-up technique to explore language systems in this continuing saga of the Nova Mob and its totalitarian hold on humanity. Known for exploding notions of plot, structure, logic, and rationality, and reducing narrative to an entirely personal, metaphorical account, Burroughs again uses ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Western Lands more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist The final installment in Burroughs's trilogy that includes CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT and THE PLACE OF DEAD ROADS. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Place of Dead Roads more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist This second book in Burroughs's Western Lands trilogy, which begins with CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT and concludes with THE WESTERN LANDS, follows the story of Kim Carsons and the Wild Fruits, an outlaw gang that travels across space and time to wage war against aliens and tries to create its own free society where homosexuality won't be persecuted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.53! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $4.00! new only from $8.55! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Ghost of Chance more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist William Burroughs returns to one of the themes of CITIES OF THE RED NIGHT, with pirates setting up their own country; Captain Mission in the 18th century established a "free pirate settlement, Libertatia, on the west coast of Madagascar." Libertatia's laws prohibit the harming of the lemurs that live on the island. There is a temple on the island ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Borroughs, November 1996-July 1997 more books like this by William S Burroughs, James Grauerholz (Introduction by) add to wishlist 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 $5.99! new only from $10.90! \| first editions
20 view cover	Rebels and Devils: The Psychology of Liberation more books like this by Christopher S Hyatt, Ph.D., William S Burroughs add to wishlist "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 $7.25! new only from $18.73! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Yage Letters more books like this by William S Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg add to wishlist Letters written by Burroughs during his South American travels. see all copies from $5.50! new only from $16.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	Word Virus Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader the William S. Burroughs Reader more books like this by William S Burroughs, James Grauerholz (Editor), Ira Silverberg (Editor) add to wishlist A generous sampling of the many faces of Burroughs via his darkly humorous writings, from his very early work to his last. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.03! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	The Adding Machine: Selected Essays more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist 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 $2.68! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
24 view cover	Speed and Kentucky Ham more books like this by William S Burroughs, Ann Charters (Foreword by) add to wishlist Author Burroughs' son, who died at of the age of 34, penned two shattering autobiographical novels which offer his vision of alienated youth at its most raw and uncensored. "A compelling narrative that balances the methedrine horrors with the outcast's romantic search for identity".--Rolling Stone. see all copies from $5.99! new only from $8.20! \| SVS
25 view cover	Blade Runner: A Movie more books like this by William S Burroughs add to wishlist In this trenchant unfilmed science fiction screen treatment, William Burroughs outlines the coming apocalypse in medical care, a Dante-esque horror show, brought to a boil by a mutated virus and right-wing politics, set in the future not nearly far enough away. see all copies from $3.94! new only from $8.92! \| signed copies \| first editions

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