The Ticket That Exploded

Burroughs, William S.

ISBN 10: 0714540722 / ISBN 13: 9780714540726

Published by John Calder, London, 1985

About this Item

Paperback. A few superficial marks on covers. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM.

Seller Inventory # 414277y

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Ticket That Exploded
• Publisher: John Calder, London
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714540722
• ISBN 13: 9780714540726
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Used
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature

About this title

Synopsis

'The Ticket That Exploded', William Burroughs's fourth novel
and the last of the trilogy originally published in Paris, employs the
famous fold-in method to give a fragmented and many-sided vision of modern
reality. The result is at once an original work of science fiction, an
intensively political novel and a political and moral fable. Here,
Burroughs's preoccupation is with the plethora of forces in the world that
attempt to exercise "control", and his fantastic imagination once again
weaves extraordinary images and ideas into a world that is both personal
and universal.

Review

"He has a savage sense of comedy and a cleverly educated ear for
the haunting casual phrase." -- The Scotsman

"The fold-in technique gives excellent comic and satiric results
... cleverly combines the raw energy of lowbrow `spy' and `science' fiction
with the brutal unfamiliarity of `hard core' pornography."
-- Spectator