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The soft machine / William S. Burroughs.

LIBRA - Rare PS3552.U75 S6 1967
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, author.
Contributor:
Grove Press, publisher.
Gotham Book Mart, former owner.
Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
An Evergreen black cat book ; BC-131
Language:
English
Genre:
Science fiction
Science fiction.
Physical Description:
182 pages ; 18 cm.
Edition:
First Evergreen black cat edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : Grove Press, 1967.
Summary:
"In The Soft Machine, William S. Burroughs, author of Naked Lunch, turns the sexy, "scientifically" controlled mass-media society inside out. With biting use of the American vernacular, Burroughs makes a devastating attack on the power structure, violence and hypocrisy in contemporary society."--Back cover.
Notes:
Text heavily revised and rearranged by the author from the original 1961 edition: Olympia Press, Paris.
Local Notes:
LIBRA Rare copy PS3552.U75 S6 1967 from the Gotham Book Mart.
OCLC:
9934901

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