The Lost Years of William S. Burroughs
Subtitle: Beats in South Texas
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: May 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781585445479
Subjects: Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; Literary; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; USA; Novelists, American; Biography; 20th century; Beat generation; Texas, South
Description: "The beatest state in the union": William S. Burroughs in Texas -- The south Texas beats -- Tiger in the valley -- The wetback deal -- Willy El Puto -- The Texas oilman routine -- The wrath of God and the liberal imagination -- The wild west -- On the road in south Texas -- Asustado: the death of Joan Burroughs.