Letters 1945-59

William S Burroughs author Oliver Harris editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:27th Aug '09

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

Letters 1945-59 cover

Beginning as surprisingly formal notes from the road to his friends Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, the letters gradually deepen in substance and style. Burroughs's letters show the development of both the man and the writer, vividly documenting his (often turbulent) personal and cultural history. The collection provides a key to opening up and contextualizing Burroughs's fiction, but more than that it shows how letter-writing was itself integral to his life and creative process.

ISBN: 9780141189888

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 35mm

Weight: 500g

512 pages