The Place of Dead Roads
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 Hardcover edition by Viking Press. |
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| Author | William S. Burroughs |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cities of the Red Night trilogy |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Released | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 306 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0030704162 |
| Preceded by | Cities of the Red Night |
| Followed by | The Western Lands |
The Place of Dead Roads by William S. Burroughs, published in 1983, is the second book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night and concludes with The Western Lands. It chronicles the story of a homosexual heroin-addicted gunfighter in the American West. In convoluted fashion it begins with the gunfighter’s death in 1899, incorporates contrasting themes and time travel episodes, and makes use of Burroughs’ love for and extensive knowledge of firearms. By no means linear in construction, it creates an assault on the senses through vivid imagery and repetition but does not employ the famous “cut-up” method of literary collage or montage used in his earlier novels.
Novels: And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks (unpublished) - Junkie - Queer - Naked Lunch - The Soft Machine - The Ticket That Exploded - Dead Fingers Talk - Nova Express - The Last Words of Dutch Schultz - The Wild Boys - Port of Saints - Cities of the Red Night - The Place of Dead Roads - The Western Lands - My Education: A Book of Dreams
Short fiction : Interzone - Exterminator! - Ali's Smile/Naked Scientology - Blade Runner (a movie) - Tornado Alley - Ghost of Chance
Non-fiction: The Yage Letters - The Electronic Revolution - The Job - The Third Mind - Letters to Allen Ginsberg - The Burroughs File - The Adding Machine: Collected Essays - The Cat Inside - Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs - Evil River (announced 2007)
Recordings : Dead City Radio
Films: The Junky's Christmas - Ah Pook is Here - Naked Lunch
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