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Introspective journey through a cultural icon's mind.

"Last Words" offers you a rare glimpse into the uncensored thoughts of one of the 20th century's most enigmatic writers, William S. Burroughs. As he confronts his mortality, you'll find his reflections are as provocative and boundary-pushing as his life was. This isn't just a book; it's an intimate conversation with a man whose ideas shaped modern counterculture.

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Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs

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ISBN: 9780802116574
Publisher: Grove Press
Date of Publication: 2000-03-01
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 3.93
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The author of Naked Lunch, William S. Burroughs, is one of the most celebrated literary outlaws of our time. Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs is the most intimate work Burroughs ever wrote, a complex portrait of Burroughs at the end of his life, coming to terms with aging and death. Culled from journal entries of the last nine months of his life, Last Words spans the realms of cultural criticism, personal memoir, and fiction. Classic Burroughs concerns—rants on drug policy, contempt of the state of the human race, his love for his cats—permeate the book. He breaks into classic "routines" and provides frequent commentary on whatever he is reading—from high literature to low-brow thrillers. The "Old Man" emerges as frequently comical, sometimes meditative, always engaged—a commentator on the state of the world and the self. Most significantly, Last Words reveals the most open and vulnerable Burroughs we have ever seen. His reflections on the deaths of his friends Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary provide a window on the preparations Burroughs was making for his own death—a quest for absolution marked by a profound sense of guilt and loss. Last Words is unlike anything else in the oeuvre of William S. Burroughs. It is the purest, most personal
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Introspective journey through a cultural icon's mind.

"Last Words" offers you a rare glimpse into the uncensored thoughts of one of the 20th century's most enigmatic writers, William S. Burroughs. As he confronts his mortality, you'll find his reflections are as provocative and boundary-pushing as his life was. This isn't just a book; it's an intimate conversation with a man whose ideas shaped modern counterculture.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.