{"product_id":"the-burroughs-file-9780872861527","title":"The Burroughs File","description":"\u003cp\u003eTrenchant writings by that sardonic \"hombre invisible,\" William Seward Burroughs, perpetrator of \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e and other shockers. These malefic and beatific, mordant and hilarious straight-face reports on life are mostly from scatter-shot publications in obscure places, foreign and domestic. Including complete texts from \u003ci\u003eWhite Subway\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCobblestone Gardens\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Retreat Diaries\u003c\/i\u003e, this collection delineates Burroughs' comprehensive world-view and his \"insurrectionary sense of America's underside,\" as Tom Carson epitomized it in \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso included are essays on Burroughs by Alan Ansen and Paul Bowles, and facsimile pages from the famous cut-up scrapbooks of the mid-century: \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Hours\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJohn Brady's Book\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Old Farmer's Almanac\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" ... his Swiftian vision of a processed, prepackaged life, of a kind of electrochemical totalitarianism, often evokes the black laughter of hilarious horror.\"--\u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burroughs may be our only writer whose socio-political apacalyptica transcend both paranoia and triviality; his imagination is superb, his ear savagely satiric.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Burroughs is the greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.\"--Jack Kerouac\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Burroughs\u003c\/b\u003e (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003ci\u003eJunky\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Soft Machine\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCities of the Red Night\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-49412\"\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/1984\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.12h x 5.48w x 0.66d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872861527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 087286152X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO002000\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO010000\"\u003eEssays\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-LCO\"\u003eLiterary Collections\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-LCO015000\"\u003eDiaries \u0026amp; Journals\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Burroughs (1915-1997) is widely reconized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003cem\u003eJunky, Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCities of the Red Night.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44687350235373,"sku":"9780872861527","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_d68be757-f3e4-47f8-a1e5-b0ccd5bb5bab.jpg?v=1703660355","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-burroughs-file-9780872861527","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}