num_pages: 155
description: The Soft Machine introduced us to the conditions of a universe where endemic lusts of the mind and body pray upon men, hook them, and turn them into beasts. Nova Express takes William S. Burroughs’s nightmarish futuristic tale one step further. The diabolical Nova Criminals—Sammy The Butcher, Green Tony, Iron Claws, The Brown Artist, Jacky Blue Note, Izzy The Push, to name only a few—have gained control and plan on wreaking untold destruction. It’s up to Inspector Lee of the Nova Police to attack and dismantle the word and imagery machine of these “control addicts” before it’s too late. This surrealist novel is part sci-fi, part Swiftian parody, and always pure Burroughs.
language: English
title: Nova Express
titlecomplete: Nova Express
genres: Novels, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Classics, Collections, The United States Of America, Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, American
ratings_count: 3132
series: The Nova Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: Nebula Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Grove Press, Black Cat