The Place of Dead Roads - Couverture souple

Burroughs, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007341938 ISBN 13 : 9780007341931

Editeur : Fourth Estate Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

The Place of Dead Roads

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

A controversial reworking of well-trodden American myth by the author of Naked Lunch .

This surreal fable, set in America s Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid himself, Kim Carson, who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America.

Fantastical and humorous, The Place of Dead Roads continues William Burroughs exploration of society s controlling forces the State, the Church, women, literature, drugs with a style that is utterly unique in twentieth-century literature.

Présentation de l'éditeur

This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid himself, Kim Carson, a homosexual gunslinger who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America and fight for intergalactic freedom. Fantastical and humorous, The Place of Dead Roads continues William Burroughs' exploration of society's controlling forces - the State, the Church, women, literature, drugs - with a style that is utterly unique in twentieth-century literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0007341938
• ISBN 13: 9780007341931
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 272