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Dead Fingers Talk
Dead Fingers Talk: The Restored Text | William S Burroughs
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First published in 1963 and representing Burroughs's literary breakthrough in the UK, Dead Fingers Talk is, in the words of Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, "e;a prophetic work of haunting power,"e; a unique experiment in writing that has for too long been overlooked. Combining new material with rearranged selections from Naked Lunch and his cut-up novels The Soft Machine and The Ticket That Exploded, the book is a fascinating precursor to remix and mash-up forms in art and music, which owe much to Burroughs's influence.This newly restored edition of Dead Fingers Talk, based on the novel's archival manuscripts, will delight all Burroughs fans and lovers of experimental literature, and offer a new insight into the artistic process of one of the most original and influential writers of the twentieth century
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#NovemberNarrative #Pins&needlesday I found this unusual little lion pin cushion at an antique fair in my neighborhood.I adore it.

Eggs Love it!! 2y
vivastory I've never heard of this Burroughs work! (Have I ever told you about the diner I used to go to that he would frequent?) 2y
vivastory I just looked at the wikipedia page for this book & it sounds wild. A remix of his cutup novels?! 2y
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Leftcoastzen @vivastory I guess in his Lawrence era? Was it a good diner? I‘d would have probably freaked out to if I saw him, he would hate that!😁 2y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory so I read it so long ago , but I did recognize the mash up of the other books.This paperback was published in 77 , I just found it in some used bookstore not realizing at first,it was only published in the UK.It was in storage for years & was unaware of the new edition till I checked Wikipedia.😄 (edited) 2y
vivastory It was a diner in downtown KC. I never saw him there, but he would stop there for breakfast after going to KC from Lawrence for his methadone treatments. 2y
LeahBergen Love the pincushion! I thought it was a little bull. 😆 2y
Leftcoastzen @LeahBergen when I first saw it ,I thought the same thing, Bull.😁 2y
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