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Gentleman junkie : the life and legacy of William S. Burroughs / Graham Caveney.
Van Pelt Library PS3552.U75 Z58 1998
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Caveney, Graham.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Burroughs, William S.
- Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.
- Novelists, American.
- Drug addicts--United States--Biography.
- Drug addicts.
- United States.
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997--Influence.
- Subculture--United States.
- Subculture.
- Beats (Persons).
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Little, Brown, [1998]
- Summary:
- With Gentleman Junkie, Graham Caveney gives us the definitive life of William S. Burroughs - less a biography than a "chronology of the Burroughs phenomenon", an examination of the myth behind the man. Filled with 150 color photos - many of them never seen before - and new biographical material, Gentleman Junkie shows how Burroughs's fascinating life, from Harvard to Greenwich Village to Tangiers, was matched only by his enormous impact on modern literature and pop culture. Dapper radical, literary experimentalist, and mentor to countless artists, Burroughs had an indelible influence on American life in the twentieth century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-222) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0316137251
- OCLC:
- 39035256
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