An opium addict is lost in the jungle; young men wage war against an empire of mutants; a handsome young pirate faces his execution; and the world's population is infected with a radioactive epidemic. These stories are woven together in a single tale of mayhem and chaos. In the first novel of the trilogy continued in The Place of Dead Roads and The Western Lands, William Burroughs sharply satirizes modern society in a poetic and shocking story of sex, drugs, disease and adventure.
| ISBN: | 9780141189932 |
| Publication date: | 28th January 2010 |
| Author: | William S Burroughs |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 332 pages |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |