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Synopsis
Written at the same time as JUNKY, QUEER revolves around a homosexual relationship in Mexico City, and William Lee's search for the mythical hallucinogen yage in South America. Because of its themes of homosexuality and drug use, this book would not find a publisher until 1986.
| Size | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.5 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Notes
First Line: "Lee turned his attention to a Jewish boy named Carl Steinberg, whom he had known casually for about a year. The first time he saw Carl, Lee thought, "I could use that, if the family jewels weren't in pawn to Uncle Junk.""
Industry Reviews
"When I started to write this companion text to 'Queer', I was paralyzed with a heavy reluctance, a writer's block like a straitjacket....The reason for this reluctance becomes clearer as I force myself to look: the book is motivated and formed by an event which is never mentioned, in fact is carefully avoided: the accidental shooting death of my wife, Joan, in September 1951."
Introduction - William S. Burroughs
"Though it is neither wholly realized nor fully satisfying, it is good to have 'Queer' in print for the first time, thirty-three years after its composition. A blueprint for many of Mr. Burroughs's themes, narrative techniques and characterizations, it helps us come to grips with the dark humor, violent energy and unsettling vision of this writer who has forced himself into our literary consciousness and seized a place in our literary history."
New York Times Book Review - Harry Marten (11/03/1985)
"'Queer' is major work, Burroughs' heart laid bare, the origin of his writing genius, honest, embarrassing, mumorously brilliant, naked--the secret of the invisible man. Swift, easy-reading narrative."
Allen Ginsberg
"'Queer' is a stunner. A neglected work that became legendary in its very absence, it is a raw, probing, mercilessly unsentimental work of fiction."
Los Angeles Times - Malcom Boyd
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