{"product_id":"queer-paperback-1","title":"Queer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive text of William S. Burroughs's early, long-unpublished novel, reissued on the seventieth anniversary of the year of its writing, set to be adapted for film directed by Luca Guadagnino and starring Daniel Craig\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e is a haunting tale of possession and exorcism. Both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, it is both Burroughs's only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e follows William Lee, the protagonist of Burroughs's debut novel Junky, a man afflicted with acute heroin withdrawal and romantic yearnings for Eugene Allerton. As Lee breaks down over the course of his hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges, a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the ugly American at his ugliest. Now a cult classic and a highly regarded part of his oeuvre, reissued on the seventieth anniversary of the year of its writing, this edition of \u003ci\u003eQueer\u003c\/i\u003e features a contextualizing introduction by the eminent Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWILLIAM S. BURROUGHS\u003c\/b\u003e was born into a prominent St. Louis family in 1914 and would go on to be one of the most innovative and controversial writers of the twentieth century. He was a founding father of the Beat Generation alongside Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and Jack Kerouac.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42150887882887,"sku":"9780802160560","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/e7d03ebbbfc074ea07545eaa7297e811.webp?v=1733203044","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/queer-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}