Call Me Burroughs: A Life

by Barry Miles

Book Overview

Fifty years ago, Norman Mailer asserted, "William Burroughs is the only American novelist living today who may conceivably be possessed by genius." Few since have taken such literary risks, developed such individual political or spiritual ideas, or spanned such a wide range of media. Burroughs wrote novels, memoirs, technical manuals, and poetry. He painted, made collages, took thousands of photographs, produced hundreds of hours of experimental recordings,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1455511951
• ISBN13: 9781455511952
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 736 Pages
• Weight: 2.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"