02734nam 2200625 a 450 991078492510332120230725024554.01-282-97927-297866129792791-86189-736-7(CKB)2670000000035465(EBL)618741(OCoLC)671655161(SSID)ssj0000431209(PQKBManifestationID)11301723(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431209(PQKBWorkID)10456626(PQKB)10071274(MiAaPQ)EBC618741(Au-PeEL)EBL618741(CaPaEBR)ebr10400706(CaONFJC)MIL297927(EXLCZ)99267000000003546520100816d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrWilliam S. Burroughs[electronic resource] /Phil BakerLondon Reaktion Books20101 online resource (226 p.)Critical livesDescription based upon print version of record.1-86189-663-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-222).William S Burroughs Cover; Imprint page; Contents; 1 St Louis Blues; 2 The Hidden Antagonist; 3 New York, New York; 4 Go South, YoungMan; 5 A Slip of the Gun; 6 Tangier and Naked Lunch; 7 Paris: Cut-ups at the Beat Hotel; 8 Burroughs 1960-65: Undesirable Alien; 9 Swinging London, 1966-73; 10 Holding the Bunker; 11 Kansas 1981-97: Adiós Muchachos; References; Select Bibliography; Acknowledgements; Photo AcknowledgementsAlong with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (1914--97) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In William S. Burroughs, Phil Baker investigates this cult writer's life and work-from small-town Kansas to New York in the '40s, Mexico and the South American jungle, to Tangier and the writing of Naked Lunch, to Paris and the Beat Hotel, and '60s London-alongside Burrough's self-portrayal as an explorer of inner space, reporting back from the frontiers of experience. After accidentally shooting his wife in 1951, Burroughs felt his desCritical lives.Novelists, AmericanBiographyAuthors, American20th centuryBiographyBeat generationNovelists, AmericanAuthors, AmericanBeat generation.813.54813/.54/092Baker Phil444764MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784925103321William S. Burroughs3672549UNINA