Word virus
Subtitle: the William S. Burroughs reader
By: edited by James Grauerholz and Ira Silverberg ; with an introduction by Ann Douglas.
Contributors: Grauerholz, James.; Silverberg, Ira.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Grove Press; Grove Pr; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 532
Subjects: Burroughs, William S., 1914-; Beat generation -- Literary collections; Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography
Other titles: William S. Burroughs reader
Description: Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader brings together selections of Burroughs' most important and challenging work - beginning with his very early writing (including a chapter from his and Jack Kerouac's never-before-seen collaborative novel, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks) and following his trajectory through My Education: A Book of Dreams.

Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader follows major themes in Burroughs' oeuvre while also serving up a sampling of his darkly hilarious "routines," and is edited to serve as a tool for the scholar as well as an overview of his entire body of work for the general reader.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 531-532).
Collected in one volume the essential writings of America's foremost literary innovator.