The Place of Dead Roads (Signed First Edition)

Burroughs, William S.

ISBN 10: 0030632560 / ISBN 13: 9780030632563

Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1983

About this Item

First Edition/First Printing with the complete number line; A Near Fine book in a Near Fine dust jacket with only trivial rubbing to the board and jacket edges, else Fine. SIGNED and inscribed by the author to the title page. An outstanding copy of this novel from the acclaimed author of "Naked Lunch". Not remaindered, not price-clipped, not ex-library; in a protective Mylar cover and will ship securely wrapped in a sturdy box.

Seller Inventory # 4040

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Place of Dead Roads (Signed First Edition)
• Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0030632560
• ISBN 13: 9780030632563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Firsts

About this title

Synopsis

William Seward Hall, who writes westerns under the name of Kim Carsons--a man with a mission to reorganize Earth into a more meaningful world--takes part in a shoot-out in the Boulder, Colorado, cemetery

About the Author

William S. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American author, painter, and spoken-word performer who has had a wide-ranging influence on American culture. Jack Kerouac called him the ''greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift.'' Norman Mailer declared him ''the only American writer who may be conceivably possessed by genius.'' A postmodernist and a key figure of the beat generation, he focused his art on a relentless subversion of the moral, political, and economic conventions of modern American society, as reflected in his often darkly humorous and sardonic satire. He wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six short-story collections, and four collections of essays. No fewer than five books of his interviews and correspondence have been published. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians and made many appearances in films. He was elected to the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1983 and in the following year was appointed to the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government.