William Burroughs by Graham Caveney

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William Burroughs by Graham Caveney

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Summary

Caveney researches Burrough's complete writings as well as his forays into film, rock music and painting and succeeds in explaining the enigma of a gentleman who quoted Buddha and Rimbaud as his literary mentors while enjoying a fascination with drugs, guns, criminals and every kind of low-life.

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William Burroughs by Graham Caveney

The beat poet William S. Burroughs died in August 1997 at the age of 83. This story of his life, from his ivy-league background to his old age in Kansas, is interwoven with an examination of his writing and of his collaborations with, among others, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and Kurt Cobain.

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ISBN 13 9780747542896
ISBN 10 0747542899
Title William Burroughs
Author Graham Caveney
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published 1999-05-18
Number of pages 228
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.

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