Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S.Burroughs - Hardcover

Morgan, Ted

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805009019 ISBN 13: 9780805009019

Publisher: Henry Holt & Co, 1988

Synopsis

Literary Outlaw is a wild ride through the life of a man who became an icon for the counterculture and whose perverse and decadent life mirrors his remarkable art.

About this title

About the Author:

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Ted Morgan is the author of Maugham and FDR; his latest book is Valley of Death: The Tragedy at Dien Bien Phu That Led America into the Vietnam War. He lives in New York.

From Library Journal:

In his detailed, highly readable biography, Morgan provides important insights into Burroughs's life and art. He sees the writer as an outlaw, as someone bent on achieving fame even at the cost of becoming infamous. Morgan closely examines Burroughs's life in light of his relationships with family, lovers, and friends, including fellow Beats Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. In fact, if the book has a fault, it is that in its coverage of other Beat figures, the focus occasionally slips off Burroughs. While not a definitive portrait, Morgan's book is an accurate and serviceable biography of one of America's foremost authors. Essential reading for anyone interested in Burroughs, it belongs in all serious literature collections. William Gargan, Brooklyn Coll. Lib., CUNY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co
• Publication date: 1988
• ISBN 10: 0805009019
• ISBN 13: 9780805009019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 659