The Ticket That Exploded

William S. Burroughs

Published by Grove Press, Inc, New York, 1967
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First U.S. Edition. 217 pp. 8vo. Original rust cloth with black spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. The dust jacket is unclipped, with only trivial toning to the spine and minor shelf rubbing. The first expanded and definitive version of Burroughs' second "Nova" novel. A masterpiece of the cut-up method developed alongside Brion Gysin, the narrative follows Inspector Lee in his battle against the "Nova Mob," extraterrestrial entities who use language and imagery to control human biological processes. It is a dense, psychedelic, and profoundly influential critique of mass media and social control. A superlative collector's copy of a Beat Generation high-spot. Store case 1. . Seller Inventory # 759

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Title: The Ticket That Exploded
Publisher: Grove Press, Inc, New York
Publication Date: 1967
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: dj
Edition: First Edition.

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Published by Grove Press, 1987
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Paperback. Condition: New. This is the second novel, alongside 'The Soft Machine' and 'Nova Express', in William Burroughs' classic 'Cut-Up Trilogy'. A prophetic vision of a world in which technology has gone haywire, 'The Ticket That Exploded' continues the adventures of Agent Lee in his mission to investigate and subvert the methods of mind control being used by The Nova Mob. Experimental, unnerving and compelling in equal measure, this is a completely original work of science fiction and a gripping moral and political fable from post-war America's most controversial and influential writer. Seller Inventory # 0082580

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