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This is the definitive 25th-anniversary edition of Burroughs's legendary second novel, published as a Penguin Modern Classic. Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, it is both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges, a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humour and the ugly American at his ugliest.
Paperback, 208 pages, This Ed. Published 2010
Author: William S. Burroughs