
Queer : 25th Anniversary Edition
by William S. Burroughs
Title:
Queer : 25th Anniversary Edition
Author:
William S. Burroughs
Series (if any):
Penguin Modern Classics
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
208 pages
Publisher:
TBS-Penguin Random House Wholesale
ISBN-13:
9780141189918
EAN:
9780141189918
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
278
Dimensions (mm):
197 x 129 x 13
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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.






























