Ted Morgan

Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Almost indecently readable . . . captures [Burroughs's] destructive energy, his ferocious pessimism, and the renegade brilliance of his style.Vogue

With a new preface as well as a final chapter on William S. Burroughs's last years, the acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure. Anarchist, heroin addict, alcoholic, and brilliant writer, Burroughs was the patron saint of the Beats. His avant-garde masterpiece Naked Lunch shook up the literary world with its graphic descriptions of drug abuse and illicit sexand resulted in a landmark Supreme Court ruling on obscenity. Burroughs continued to revolutionize literature with novels like The Soft Machine and to shock with the events in his life, such as the accidental shooting of his wife, which haunted him until his death. Ted Morgan captures the man, his work, and his friendsAllen Ginsberg and Paul Bowles among themin this riveting story of an iconoclast.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 768
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Juli 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780393343243
• Artikelnr.: 59589619

Autorenporträt

Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist Ted Morgan is the author of Maugham and FDR; his latest book is Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War. He lives in New York.