William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible

by Barry Miles (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $9.79

  Famous for his once open heroin use, his homosexuality and the bizarre and accidental killing of his wife, it is the shattering insight of his books that have made him one of the most admired but also one of the most controversial writers of this century. Naked Lunch , his most famous book and now a feature film, was burnt by British Customs. Musicians grabbed names like Joy Division and Heavy Metal from his works and his benefactors and friends include Allen Ginsberg, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Lou Reed. This insight into his life and work is written by his close friend Barry Miles.

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  Paperback
  1993

  $6.52

  William Burroughs has influenced not just the literary world but the whole realm of popular culture. He invented the term heavy metal , and was the inspiration behind bands as diverse as Steely Dan and Duran Duran. He was notorious for his homosexuality (among his lovers and long-term friends was the poet Allen Ginsberg) and his drug use, and for the bizarre killing of his wife in a notorious shooting accident in Mexico. His friends and benefactors include Andy Warhol, Paul McCartney, David Bowie, Mick Jagger and Lou Reed. But it is the shattering insight of his books that has made him one of the most controversial writers of the century. Naked Lunch , his most famous book and now a major feature film, was burnt by British Customs. As a close friend of Burroughs, Barry Miles penetrates beneath the drug addict, the homosexual and the gun-toting icon to reveal the motives and techniques of this legendary figure.