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A controversial reworking of well-trodden American myth by the author of 'Naked Lunch'. This surreal fable, set in America's Old West, features a cast of notorious characters: The Crying Gun, who breaks into tears at the sight of his opponent; The Priest, who goes into gunfights giving his adversaries the last rites; and The Nihilistic Kid himself, Kim Carson, who, with a succession of beautiful sidekicks, sets out to challenge the morality of small-town America. Fantastical and humorous, 'The Place of Dead Roads' continues William Burroughs' exploration of society's controlling forces - the State, the Church, women, literature, drugs - with a style that is utterly unique in twentieth-century literature.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Place of Dead Roads
• Author: William Burroughs
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272
• EAN: 9780007341931
• ISBN: 0007341938
• ID: 04007552
• Publisher: Fourth Estate
• Weight: 212 g
• Dimensions: 196 × 132 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 2010

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