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The Wild Boys (Paperback)

by William S. Burroughs (Author) "The camera is the eye of a cruising vulture flying over an area of scrub, rubble and unfinished buildings on the outskirts of Mexico City..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 193 pages
  • Publisher: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press; 1st Evergreen Ed edition (30 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0802133312
  • ISBN-13: 978-0802133311
  • Product Dimensions: 20.9 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 334,523 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Burroughs' coolly brilliant, futuristic tale of global warfare, in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states, was first published in 1971. Every college and university library must have all of Burroughs. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it if you wished Naked Lunch had been better., 4 May 1998
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After reading Burroughs' more famous novel, Naked Lunch, I was interested but disappointed. Burroughs was much too high when he wrote it and many parts an incoherant. However, the lucid intervals were very well written and I wanted to read a book he wrote when he was more in control. The Wild Boys is that book. A poignant masterpiece that will push anyone who reads close to tears. Far better than Naked Lunch, anyone who thinks Burroughs was a one-trick pony should read it.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars guerilla prose, 19 Aug 1998
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A transitional keywork. Displaying the themes and techniques of his early work and showing mastership in them. Giving glimpses of the things to come, like more narration and further development of the 'language is a virus' theory, but not yet integrating them fluently and a little too political so that the exaggeration and satire lack sometimes the multidimensional and selfundermining force he is so capable of employing. Besides that, the voice, that singing quality of his, is not always heard in this maybe too well wrought book. The spontainity of Naked Lunch is traded for exercise like experiments. Yet he saves the day with gargantuesk displays of the rich elite and fearsome scenes of the well deserved guerilla imposed on them by the Wild Boys. Unhealthy creatures though.
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1.0 out of 5 stars This book is not what you think it is..., 26 Feb 1999
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The Wild Boys is advertised as an adventure book of sorts. While using an interesting writing style, be forewarned that this is a collection of homosexual fantasies with young men and boys. I am less than interested in this subject myself, so I found this book pretty unfulfilling in it's graphic descriptions of gay encounters. Thanks but no thanks...
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