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  • Published: 22 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141189802
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $32.99

Rub Out the Words

The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959-1974





The Letters of William S. Burroughs, new to Penguin Modern Classics and in paperback edition

These letters cover the activities of Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, and Jack Kerouac in the years that gave birth to the Beat Generation. Written mostly to Ginsberg or Kerouac, the letters provide a rare glimpse into Burroughs's psyche, revealing his struggle with drug addiction, his confusion over his sexual identity, and his search for a form fluid enough to mirror his mind and art.

  • Published: 22 May 2013
  • ISBN: 9780141189802
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 496
  • RRP: $32.99

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