{"product_id":"queer","title":"Queer","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally written in 1952 but not published until 1985, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e is an enigma - both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel. It is \u003cstrong\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/strong\u003e' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Mexico City during the early fifties, William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene is followed in \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humor and the Ugly American at his ugliest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA haunting tale of possession and exorcism, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B66ks","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":51139692527947,"sku":"2240552","price":5.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/queer","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}