About this Item
332 pages. light edgewear to dust jacket. Overall, a tight, clean copy. Record # 458611. Seller Inventory # 458611
Bibliographic Details
Title: Cities of the Red Night
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, N.Y.
Publication Date: 1981
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
"Cities of the Red Night" is Burroughs's masterpiece. In it, the world ends with a bang--and a barely perceived whimper, disguised by the wicked smile of one of the most dazzling magicians of our time. "Los Angeles Time Book Review"
"Cities of the Red Night" is not only Burroughs' best work, but a logical and ripening extension of all of Burroughs's great work. "Ken Kesey"
One should approach "Cities of the Red Night" as the Wagneresque capper of all the five or six homosexual planet-operas Burroughs has scripted since he found a genuine new style in "Naked Lunch" . . . It's as if we had gotten hold of a black ticket to his unconscious, and anyone who makes the trip will see sights and feel feelings that are unique and mind-bending beyond anyone else's description "The Washington Post Book World"
"Cities of the Red Night" is the most complete and most devastatingly sardonic statement of William Burroughs's apocalyptic vision. Through his mordant satire of cultural aspirations, homosexual eroticism and political power, he focuses our gaze into the abyss. His cold, surgical language creates beauty through a terror that we are just able to bear . . . A modern "Inferno." "Newsday""
"Cities of the Red Night is Burroughs's masterpiece. In it, the world ends with a bang--and a barely perceived whimper, disguised by the wicked smile of one of the most dazzling magicians of our time." --Los Angeles Time Book Review
"Cities of the Red Night is not only Burroughs' best work, but a logical and ripening extension of all of Burroughs's great work." --Ken Kesey
"One should approach Cities of the Red Night as the Wagneresque capper of all the five or six homosexual planet-operas Burroughs has scripted since he found a genuine new style in Naked Lunch . . . It's as if we had gotten hold of a black ticket to his unconscious, and anyone who makes the trip will see sights and feel feelings that are unique and mind-bending beyond anyone else's description" --The Washington Post Book World
"Cities of the Red Night is the most complete and most devastatingly sardonic statement of William Burroughs's apocalyptic vision. Through his mordant satire of cultural aspirations, homosexual eroticism and political power, he focuses our gaze into the abyss. His cold, surgical language creates beauty through a terror that we are just able to bear . . . A modern Inferno." --Newsday
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