A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger man s face. Burroughs, james grauerholz on free shipping on qualifying offers. The exterminator, is a mixture of fiction, essay and poetry. Burroughs last words collection, in processing 10 bound volumes and 2 boxes, are held at the kenneth spencer research library, university of kansas. Six years before he published his breakthrough novel, naked lunch 1959, william s. No novelist has demonstrated less regard than burroughs for. The algebra of need, eric mottram writes that exterminator. Burroughs was a primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs, not to be confused with the later burroughs publication exterminator. Another compendium of scifi, horrorerotica, and general culturesnuffing by america s richest exjunkie. Jan 12, 2017 from let me hang you 2016 bass king khan erhu eyvind kang guitar bill frisell keyboards wayne horvitz sampler, turntables hal willner voice, words william s.
In one of the earliest booklength critical studies of wsb s work, the excellent william burroughs. A brief, burly account by an exterminator of a ninemonth stint at the trade, it demonstrates burroughs s extraordinary ear for vernacular and creates, as its narrator visits the hidden corners, the basements and bottoms of things, where an exterminator presumably is always needed, a sense of hunkering menace, about to be enlarged, of dangerous. Oct 12, 2019 jed appraises the exterminator, a key work that presents burroughs at the dawn of his most radically experimental period. Beginning with his very early writing including a chapter from his and jack kerouac s neverbeforeseen collaborative novel, word virus follows the arc of burroughs s remarkable career, from his darkly hilarious routines to the experimental cutup novels to cities. Road to interzone, a bibliography of burroughs reading, is one of the indispensable reference works on. Burroughs 191497 was born in the midwest, and graduated from harvard with an art degree in 1936. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Another compendium of scifi, horrorerotica, and general culturesnuffing by americas richest exjunkie. With the publication of naked lunch in 1959, william burroughs abruptly brought international letters into the postmodern age.
Burroughs broke into the literary scene with junky sometimes also called junkie, a candid, semiautobiographical account of an unredeemed drug addict. Burroughs and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Burroughs bestknown novel is a wild ride, a disjointed trip that begins in washington square but soon shifts to the city of interzone, a surreal. If id claimed to be half jewish i would be here for free. Its safe to say that the book wouldnt have seen the light of day if allen ginsberg hadnt taken burroughs under his wing and edited. Burroughs reads his first novel, junky open culture. Publishers brown cloth, with a cockroach illustration to the bottom right corner of the front board in black. A fragmented novel of strange vignettes, loosely incorporating the theme of the exterminator and his grim trade as its focus, the book reads like a hallucinatory nightmare version of the sunday comics from an unseen world better left undiscovered. Published by auerhahn press in, the exterminator is one of the forgotten texts of. Familiar albeit new is the lemon kid who puts the whammy on showbiz folk. February 5, 1914 august 2, 1997 was an american writer and visual artist.
Mar 31, 2017 author of naked lunch, junkie, the ticket that exploded, nova express, naked lunch, the exterminator, the wild boys, the soft machine. It s safe to say that the book wouldnt have seen the light of day if allen ginsberg hadnt taken burroughs under his wing and edited the manuscript. Burroughs chronology february 5, 1914 born william seward burroughs, in st. He was often a rascal, notorious for his addiction to heroin, and the shooting of his wife at a party in mexico the socalled william tell incident. First of all this is a nowadays rarely seen cutup collaboration between brion gysin and william s. Sep 01, 2019 jed appraises the exterminator, a key work that presents burroughs at the dawn of his most radically experimental period. It is not to be confused with the exterminator, another collection of stories burroughs published in 1960 in collaboration with brion gysin. A man, dispirited by ageing, endeavours to steal a younger mans face. The book, originally published under the pseudonym william lee, was distributed by ace books, a publishing house that targeted new york city subway riders. Burroughs 191497 was born in the midwest, and graduated from harvard with. Louis, missouri, grandson and namesake of the inventor of the burroughs adding machine. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of it s content suppliers and protected by us and international laws.
Now, for example, if i wanted to make a cutup of this picking up a copy of the nation, there are many ways i could do it. The hallucinatory landscape of william burroughs compellingly bizarre, fragmented novel is constantly shifting, something sinister always just beneath pdf the surface. It has been reprinted many times since and is the work still in print today. In one of the earliest booklength critical studies of wsbs work, the excellent william burroughs. A sharp, tight copy with previous owners name on the front free endpaper remaining discreet. Burroughs reading available as a free pdf download.
Jed appraises the exterminator, a key work that presents burroughs at the dawn of his most radically experimental period. The exterminator by william burroughs, signed abebooks. Burroughs imagination, memories and mind is a truly unique experience. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short. Beginning with his very early writing including a chapter from his and jack kerouacs neverbeforeseen collaborative novel, word virus follows the arc of burroughss remarkable career, from his darkly hilarious routines to the experimental cutup. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a druguser, burroughs left his homeland in 1950, and soon after began writing. A perfect servant suddenly reveals himself to be the insidious dr. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. A primary figure of the beat generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative. February 5, 1914 august 2, 1997 was an american novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer. Mar 17, 2020 exterminator burroughs pdf jed appraises the exterminator, a key work that presents burroughs at the dawn of his most radically experimental period.