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queer
by william s. burroughs
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0670808334
- ISBN 13
- 9780670808335
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About This Item
new york: viking, 1985. first edition, 1985.
early short novel by the postmodern author and key figure of the beat generation. burroughs penned the novel between 1951 and 1953, intending for it to be a sequel to "junkie" (1953). after junkie was published, burroughs reportedly lost interest in "queer" and thus abandoned it until 1985, when his literary agent secured him a lucrative publishing deal with viking.
new york: viking press. isbn: 0-670-80833-4. 134 pages. 5.25 x 8.25". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: slightest shelfwear and toning to upper edges. discoloration to bottom of block. very good ++. jacket condition: negligible shelfwear. unclipped ($14.95). near fine.
early short novel by the postmodern author and key figure of the beat generation. burroughs penned the novel between 1951 and 1953, intending for it to be a sequel to "junkie" (1953). after junkie was published, burroughs reportedly lost interest in "queer" and thus abandoned it until 1985, when his literary agent secured him a lucrative publishing deal with viking.
new york: viking press. isbn: 0-670-80833-4. 134 pages. 5.25 x 8.25". hardcover. bound in cloth-covered boards. book condition: slightest shelfwear and toning to upper edges. discoloration to bottom of block. very good ++. jacket condition: negligible shelfwear. unclipped ($14.95). near fine.
Synopsis
For more than three decades, while its writer's world fame increased, Queer remained unpublished because of its forthright depiction of homosexual longings. Set in the corrupt and spectral Mexico City of the forties, Queer is the story of William Lee, a man afflicted with both acute heroin withdrawal and romantic and sexual yearnings for an indifferent user named Eugene Allerton. The narrative is punctuated by Lee's outrageous "routines" — brilliant comic monologues that foreshadow Naked Lunch —yet the atmosphere is heavy with foreboding. In his extraordinary introduction, Burroughs reflects on the shattering events in his life that lay behind this work.
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Details
- Bookseller
- leaves
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 984
- Title
- queer
- Author
- william s. burroughs
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670808334
- ISBN 13
- 9780670808335
- Publisher
- viking
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1985
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we carry books of all genres, ranging in price from one dollar to many thousands. our website is dedicated to our rare, collectible, and out of print selection. for discount books and reading copies, visit our store in greenpoint, brooklyn.
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