The Place of Dead Roads
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| The Place of Dead Roads | |
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 Hardcover edition by Viking Press. |
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| Author(s) | William S. Burroughs |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Series | Cities of the Red Night trilogy |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
| Publication date | 1983 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 306 pp |
| ISBN | 0030704162 |
| OCLC Number | 9489103 |
| Dewey Decimal | 813/.54 19 |
| LC Classification | PS3552.U75 P54 1983 |
| Preceded by | Cities of the Red Night |
| Followed by | The Western Lands |
The Place of Dead Roads by William S. Burroughs, published in 1983, is the second book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night and concludes with The Western Lands. It chronicles the story of a homosexual gunfighter in the American West, beginning with the gunfighter’s death in 1899, incorporates contrasting themes and time travel episodes, and makes use of Burroughs’ extensive knowledge of firearms. Non-linear in construction, it makes use of vivid imagery and repetition but does not employ the famous “cut-up” method of literary collage used in his earlier novels.
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