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Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs'' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee''s hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.

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Queer is a stunner. A neglected work that became legendary in its very absence. * Los Angeles Times *

Queer

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    A Paperback / softback by William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Classics
      Published 25 November 2010
      ISBN-13 9780141189918
      978-0141189918
      ISBN-10 0141189916
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Originally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, Queer is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel, Burroughs'' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, Naked Lunch. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, Queer follows William Lee''s hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest. A haunting tale of possession and exorcism, Queer is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.

      Trade Review
      Queer is a stunner. A neglected work that became legendary in its very absence. * Los Angeles Times *

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