Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher and elder statesman to the Beats: William Burroughs remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the twentieth century.
After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, Burroughs moved to Tangier where he lived in a male brothel and wrote his celebrated bestseller Naked Lunch - in Newsweek's words 'A masterpiece. A cry from Hell' and spent much of the rest of his life in self-imposed exile from the United States. Following Burroughs' death in August 1997, Barry Miles updated his riveting, highly readable and unconventional biography of this legendary provocateur and all-round thorn in the side of the establishment.
- ISBN10 0753507072
- ISBN13 9780753507070
- Publish Date 5 September 2002 (first published 19 November 1992)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Virgin Books
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 288
- Language English