Wising Up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs

by Timothy S. Murphy

Book Overview

William S. Burroughs is one of the twentieth century's most visible, controversial, and baffling literary figures. In the first comprehensive study of the writer, Timothy S. Murphy places Burroughs in the company of the most significant intellectual minds of our time. In doing so, he gives us an immensely readable and convincing account of a man whose achievements continue to have a major influence on American art and culture. Murphy draws on the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520209516
• ISBN13: 9780520209510
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"