Nova Express

The Restored Text

By:

William S Burroughs

Format:

Paperback / softback

Series:

Penguin Modern Classics

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In time for the author's centenary, a new, restored edition of the second novel in his prophetic and revolutionary 'cut-up trilogy' The diabolical Nova Criminals now include the nightmarish characters of Sammy the Butcher, Iron Claws, Izzy the Push and the Brown Artist, and are poised to wreak untold destruction on the world with their new-found control. Only Inspector Lee of the Nova Police has any chance of stopping them, by dismantling the word and image machine before it's too late. The third book of Burroughs's linguistically prophetic 'cut-up' trilogy - following The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded - Nova Express is a hilarious and Swiftian parody of bureaucracy and the frailty of the human animal.

Author Biography:

William S. Burroughs was born on February 5, 1914 in St Louis. In work and in life Burroughs expressed a lifelong subversion of the morality, politics and economics of modern America. To escape those conditions, and in particular his treatment as a homosexual and a drug-user, Burroughs left the United States in 1950, and lived in Mexico City, Tangier, Paris and London. By the time of his death he was widely recognised as one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the twentieth century. His numerous books include Naked Lunch, Junky, and Queer.

Release date NZ

April 22nd, 2014

Author

William S Burroughs

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributor

Edited by Oliver Harris

Pages

320

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Dimensions

129x198x18

ISBN-13

9780141396064

Product ID

22216872

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