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Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader brings together selections of Burroughs' most important and challenging work - beginning with his very early writing (including a chapter from his and Jack Kerouac's never-before-seen collaborative novel, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks) and following his trajectory through My Education: A Book of Dreams. Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader follows major themes in Burroughs' oeuvre while also serving up a sampling of his darkly hilarious "routines," and is edited to serve as a tool for the scholar as well as an overview of his…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2000Grove Press · 576 pages · 9780802136947
- Other · English · 1998Grove Press · 532 pages · 9780802116291
American AuthorsBeat generationBiographyLiterary collectionsBurroughs, William S., 1914-Beats (Persons)Essays (single author)Burroughs, william s., 1914-1997