William Burroughs: El Hombre Invisible

"Miles familiarizes even old close readers with a fine map of Burroughs' mind."  —Allen Ginsberg
 
Iconoclast; visionary; homosexual crusader; drug advocate; teacher and elder statesman to Jack Kracouac, Allen Ginsberg, and the Beats; anti-hero guru to each successive counter-culture generation—this is a portait of a man who remains one of the most complex and controversial American writers of the 20th century. After killing his wife in a bizarre shooting accident, he moved to Ta…