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          The Soft Machine: The Restored Text (Penguin Modern Classics).

        1. The Soft Machine: The Restored Text (Penguin Modern Classics).
        2. William S. Burroughs - A Life follows Burroughs from his Midwestern origins in St Louis; to his foray into the pre-war Harvard gay scene.
        3. The acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure.
        4. William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, short story writer, satirist, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer.
        5. In Call Me Burroughs, biographer and Beat historian Barry Miles presents the first full-length biography of Burroughs to be published in a quarter century.

          6. The acclaimed Literary Outlaw is the only existing full biography of an extraordinary figure....

          William S. Burroughs

          American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)

          For other people named William Burroughs, see William Burroughs (disambiguation).

          William S.

          Burroughs

          Burroughs in 1983

          BornWilliam Seward Burroughs II
          (1914-02-05)February 5, 1914
          St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
          DiedAugust 2, 1997(1997-08-02) (aged 83)
          Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.
          Pen nameWilliam Lee
          OccupationAuthor
          EducationHarvard University (BA)
          GenreBeat literature, surrealism, satire
          Literary movementBeat Generation, postmodernism, science fiction
          Notable worksJunkie (1953)
          Naked Lunch (1959)
          The Nova Trilogy (1961–1964)
          Cities of the Red Night (1981)
          The Place of Dead Roads (1983)
          SpouseIlse Klapper (1937–1946)[1]
          Joan Vollmer (1946–1951)
          ChildrenWilliam S.

          Burroughs Jr.

          RelativesWilliam Seward Burroughs I (grandfather)
          Ivy Lee (maternal uncle)

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