289 pages
English language
Published Nov. 13, 2004
Controversial and bizarre cult novel based on the author’s own experiences as a drug addict, first published in 1959. Formed as a series of inter-connected adventures set in locations as diverse as the U.S. Mexico and Morocco sees the protagonist, Burroughs’ alter-ego William Lee on the run from the police and always searching for his next fix. Burroughs once stated that the chapters can be read in any order.
Art of "the list". For example, the list ending with A place where the unknown past and the emergent future meet in a vibrating soundless hum... Larval entities waiting for a Live One...
