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David Ohle and
William S. Burroughs
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Soft Skull Pr
Publication date
August 30, 2006
Pages
256
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781933368382
ISBN-10
1933368381
Dimensions
0.75 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.50 lbs.
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Publisher Out of Stock
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$13.95
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Summary
An intimate portrait of the son of the best-selling counterculture author draws on his final journals, poems, and correspondence to offer insight into the factors that challenged his life, from his relationship with his father to his tragic personal losses. Original.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
Being the son of counter-culture author William S. Burroughs is bound to be a trial. After all, the man who frequented lesbian dives and had a fascination with firearms couldn't possibly make that great of a father. Perhaps inevitably, William Jr. (called Billy) referred to himself as "cursed from birth" and in the book of the same name editor David Ohle collects parts of Billy's third and unfinished novel Prakriti Junction, his last journals and poems, and correspondence and conversations to recreate this tortured life. Endowed with the sufferings â but not the patience â of Job, Billy's life was often characterized by tragedy and frustration, although there were also pockets of success and levity. More than just the memoir of a casualty of the Beat Generation, Cursed From Birth provides rare insight in Billy's father, as well as his scene, friends, and times. It also provides an all-too-familiar story of familial difficulties that anyone with difficult parents can understand and appreciate.
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Paperback
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from Soft Skull Pr (August 30, 2006); titled "Cursed from Birth: The Short, Unhappy Life of William S. Burroughs Jr."
9781933368382 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.50 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $13.95
About: An intimate portrait of the son of the best-selling counterculture author draws on his final journals, poems, and correspondence to offer insight into the factors that challenged his life, from his relationship with his father to his tragic personal losses.
About: An intimate portrait of the son of the best-selling counterculture author draws on his final journals, poems, and correspondence to offer insight into the factors that challenged his life, from his relationship with his father to his tragic personal losses.
from Grove Pr (June 1, 2003)
9780802137791 | details & prices | List price $13.00
About: The late son of famed writer William S.
About: The late son of famed writer William S.
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