William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible
by Barry Miles
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Author: Barry MilesEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-10
ISBN: 0753507072
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Virgin Publishing
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Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first biography of Burroughs I read; I also have the Ted Morgan biography, but I don't think a direct qualitative comparison is possible. While Morgan goes into enormous biographical detail, Miles puts Burroughs' work in central position, and his analyses are really perceptive and thorough, with demonstrative use of passages from the text as well as references to relevant events in Burroughs' life. It is, as other reviewers have said, really the best existing introduction to Burroughs' work - I don't know if I could have made it through the cut-up trilogy without the preparation of reading this book first.I should also point out that some biographical details are here which are not in Morgan, e.g. the use of real names where Morgan substituted pseudonyms.
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