{"product_id":"queer-william-s-burroughs","title":"Queer - William S. Burroughs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe definitive 25th-anniversary edition of Burroughs's legendary second novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, \u003ci\u003eQueer \u003c\/i\u003eis 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, \u003ci\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/i\u003e. Set in Mexico City during the early fifties, \u003ci\u003eQueer \u003c\/i\u003efollows 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, \u003ci\u003eQueer \u003c\/i\u003eis also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 11 January 2011\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780141189918\u003cbr\u003eImprint: Penguin Classics\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Obsidian Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53012210745649,"sku":null,"price":26.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0965\/3557\/6881\/files\/queer.jpg?v=1772501633","url":"https:\/\/obsidianbookshop.com\/products\/queer-william-s-burroughs","provider":"Obsidian Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}