First published in 1963 and representing Burroughs's literary breakthrough in the UK, Dead Fingers Talk is, in the words of Burroughs scholar Prof. Oliver Harris, "a prophetic work of haunting power", and is perhaps the most commercial and accessible of his works. Combining new material with selections from Naked Lunch and his cut-up novels The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded, the book is also a fascinating precursor to remix and mash-up forms in art and music, which owe much to Burroughs's influence.
This newly edited edition of Dead Fingers Talk, based on the restored text of the novel, will delight all Burroughs fans and lovers of experimental literature, and offer a new insight into the artistic process of one of the most original and influential writers of the twentieth century.
- ISBN10 035239613X
- ISBN13 9780352396136
- Publish Date 19 May 1977 (first published 16 December 1970)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Virgin Books
- Imprint Star
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 224
- Language English