Queer Paperback - 2010
by William S. Burroughs; Introduction by Oliver Harris
The definitive 25th-anniversay edition of Burroughs's legendary second novel.
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma-both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges, a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the ugly American at his ugliest.
A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.
Summary
Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma-both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges, a maniacal mix of self- lacerating humor and the ugly American at his ugliest.
A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.
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- Title Queer
- Author William S. Burroughs; Introduction by Oliver Harris
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 25 ANV
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, New York
- Date 2010-08-31
- ISBN 9780143117834 / 0143117831
- Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
- Dimensions 7.74 x 5.07 x 0.5 in (19.66 x 12.88 x 1.27 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Autobiographical fiction, Aliens - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010025519
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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