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The Ticket That Exploded
William S Burroughs
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Description for The Ticket That Exploded
Paperback. This is the second novel, alongside 'The Soft Machine' and 'Nova Express', in William Burroughs' classic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 132.
This is the second novel, alongside 'The Soft Machine' and 'Nova Express', in William Burroughs' classic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. A prophetic vision of a world in which technology has gone haywire, 'The Ticket That Exploded' continues the adventures of Agent Lee in his mission to investigate and subvert the methods of mind control being used by The Nova Mob. Experimental, unnerving and compelling in equal measure, this is a completely original work of science fiction and a gripping moral and political fable from post-war America's most controversial and influential writer.
This is the second novel, alongside 'The Soft Machine' and 'Nova Express', in William Burroughs' classic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. A prophetic vision of a world in which technology has gone haywire, 'The Ticket That Exploded' continues the adventures of Agent Lee in his mission to investigate and subvert the methods of mind control being used by The Nova Mob. Experimental, unnerving and compelling in equal measure, this is a completely original work of science fiction and a gripping moral and political fable from post-war America's most controversial and influential writer.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007341924
SKU
9780007341924
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About William S Burroughs
William Burroughs was born in St Louis, Missouri in 1914. Immensely influential among the Beat writers of the 1950s - notably Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg - he already had an underground reputation before the appearance of his first important book, 'Naked Lunch'. Originally published by the daring and influential Olympia Press (the original publishers of Henry Miller) in France ... Read more
Reviews for The Ticket That Exploded
'As filthy and boggling as it was in 1968 - would he get away with it today?' Time Out 'The fold-in technique gives excellent comic and satiric results...cleverly combines the raw energy of lowbrow spy- and science-fiction with the brutal unfamiliarity of hardcore pornography.' Spectator 'He has a savage sense of comedy and a cleverly educated ear for the haunting ... Read more