About this title: 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.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140083897ISBN:0140083898
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Text is clean, tight and unblemished. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 160 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiii, 134 pp., illus.; 20 cm. First published, 1985. Good+. Tight, clean copy. Browning. "For more than three decades, while its writer's world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene ... read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140083897ISBN:0140083898
Description: Fine. This book is in fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not had use. The cover has minor bumps and scuffs. There is no creasing on the spine. read more
Description: Penguin, c1987, later printing, SOFTCOVER, 8x5", b/w frontis, ; Clean, bright and solid. NEW and UNREAD. A nice copy you will be happy to own! read more
Description: Very Good. 0140083898 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Edition: Later Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books USA, New York
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140083897ISBN:0140083898
Description: Very Good++ 134 pages. Square tight binding with uncreased spine and cover. Internal clean and unmarked. Light cover edge rubbing. read more
Description: Viking, c1985, blue cloth, hard cover, clean, bright, and solid, ; VERY GOOD in a near VERY GOOD DJ with a couple of small cracks. read more
Description: Viking, c1985, 1st ed blue cloth, hard cover, clean, bright, ; And solid, VERY GOOD in a near VERY GOOD DJ with a couple of small cracks. read more
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Viking, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780670808335ISBN:0670808334
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Remainder. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxiii, 134 pp. Remainder stamp on the lower page edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean. The jacket has a 1/8" closed tear at the base of the front panel. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Viking Pr
Date Published: 1995-03-01
ISBN-13:9780140083897ISBN:0140083898
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780140083897. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780140083897ISBN:0140083898
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking, New York, NY
ISBN-13:9780670808335ISBN:0670808334
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. (1985) 134 pp. Original blue cloth covers, very bright and clean. Faint sunning to bottom edges. DJ lightly soiled w/ light sunning to edges; two creases to top corner of front flap. Contents very nice. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Viking Press, New York
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780670808335ISBN:0670808334
Description: Very Good in Near Fine jacket. 8vo-8"-9" Tall. Blue cloth binding, lightly sunned along edges. Former owner's name inked then blacked out on front pastedown. Otherwise a clean, sharp copy. Frontis. photo. xxiii, 134 pp. Dust jacket in fresh protective mylar. read more
"I haven't read any of his other books, but this is typical "beat generation" fiction...easy to read, wonderful descriptions, chatty fun narrative. Not totally but almost totally "Queer"..."
"Burroughs is a fascinating writer, very immediate, and somehow both succint (in conveying strong emotion) and rambly. He didn't really finish writing Queer since it wouldn't have been published uncensored at the time he wrote it, and it shows in the trailing last third, but it's a pretty interesting look at a subsection of queer culture at the time in Mexico City, and a sad tale of unrequited love/lust."
"Queer allows the reader to experience life through the eyes of a homosexual drug addict. I found this book so captivating I was able to finish it in one night. In this book Burroughs exposes the secret world of homosexuals in a time when their lifestyle was thought by many to be criminal. This book also exposes the raw human emotions of one sided love affair between William Lee and his young traveling companion. Queer is a classic novel written in true Burroughs' style and welcomes the reader into the dark side of life."
"As with Junky I was too nervous to actually borrow this book out of the library and so read it each time I had a chance to sneak it off the shelf for a bit. I remember it being incredibly sad and desperate, very moving.
Also: Kiefer played Williwm S Burroughs in the movie of his life. Omg man-on-man Kiefer action!"
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