The Wild Boys is an example of the fantasy genre. Yet clearly, Wild Boys is more fantastic than scientific.
Many characters seem interchangeable.
But Audrey Carsons, the most developed character, is different, i.e. he seems the same character throughout. Many of them have nothing to do with the wild boys directly. The most unconventional writing occurs after these sex scenes, re-presenting it in fractured, asyntactic images and phrases. Burroughs has generally been accused of being anti-feminist. These function to discredit the civilization the wild boys are sweeping away.