In Paris in the late Fifties the Beat Generation writer William Burroughs and his sidekick Brion Gysin developed the cut-up method. It involved taking a piece of finished text and cutting it into pieces - then rearranging those pieces to create a new text or work of art. Burroughs wrote that: "When [...]

In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, flesh and violence fuse with and undo each other. A fragmentary, freewheeling novel, it s[...]

When Michael Muhammad Knight sets out to write the definitive biography of his "Anarcho-Sufi" hero and mentor, writer Peter Lamborn Wilson (aka Hakim Bey), he makes a startling discovery that changes everything. At the same time that he grows disillusioned with his idol, Knight finds that his own bo[...]

Along with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) is an iconic figure of the Beat generation. In this revealing study Phil Baker traces this cult writer's life - from the New York underworld of the 1940s to Mexico and the South American jungle, Tangier and the writing of N[...]

Interviews and writings with and by W.S. Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and members of Throbbing Gristle. Heavily illustrated and with reference lists from each interviewee: book lists, audio and other recommendations.[...]

Eksplosiv science-fiction roman.

William S. Burroughs stærke og mesterlige debutroman.

Da den trediveårige William Lee en dag stifter bekendtskab med junk, ændrer hans liv sig fuldstændigt. Den sikre, privilegerede hverdag, han voksede op i, bliver udskiftet med det evige jag efter stoffer, og mens hans krop [...]

William S. Burroughs sa en gång: »Jag skrev Junky, medan det var Queer som skrev mig.«
Trots att den publicerades så sent som 1985 var Queer Burroughs första roman. Den handlar om William Lee, en nordamerikan som flackar omkring i Mexiko och Sydamerika. Han försöker bli kvitt sitt heroinbe[...]

Novaligan har slagit till mot jorden och blåst mänskligheten. Nu drar dom härifrån och vilken minut som helst kommer hela jävla skithuset att flyga i luften. Men Uranus-Willy har golat. Han har fått torskarna att fatta läget. Språket är ett virus. Verkligheten är en film. Du är en mjuk ma[...]