Cursed from birth
Subtitle: the short, unhappy life of William S. Burroughs, Jr.
By: compiled, edited, and introduced by David Ohle.
Contributors: Ohle, David.
Publisher: Soft Skull Press; Distributed by Publishers Group West
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Brooklyn, NY; Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9781933368382
Subjects: Burroughs, William S., -- 1947-; Burroughs, William S., -- 1914-1997 -- Family; Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Drug addicts -- United States -- Biography; Alcoholics -- United States -- Biography; Fathers and sons -- United States
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Born in 1947 to the writer William S. Burroughs and his common-law wife Joan Vollmer, William S. Burroughs, Jr. (known as Billy Jr.), would later describe himself as "your cursed-from-birth son." Cursed From Birth is a testimony to the difficulty of living in the turbulent wake of a famous father, his famous and troubled friends, and a lucid, shattering depiction of a life going down the tubes."

"Raised by his paternal grandparents in Palm Beach after his mother was killed by his father in a shooting accident, Billy saw his father become suddenly famous for Naked Lunch just as he became a teenager. Billy Jr.'s short life was defined by creating trouble to catch the attention of his father, mourning the death of his mother, descending into alcoholism and drug addiction, and reckoning with it all by beginning his own literary endeavors."
Notes: Originally published: New York : Grove Press, 2001.