{"product_id":"queer-by-william-s-burroughs-9780141189918","title":"Queer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe definitive 25th-anniversary edition of Burroughs's legendary second novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally written in 1952 but not published till 1985, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e is an enigma. It serves as both an unflinching autobiographical self-portrait and a coruscatingly political novel. It is Burroughs' only realist love story and a montage of comic-grotesque fantasies that paved the way for his masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSet in Mexico City during the early fifties, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e follows William Lee's hopeless pursuit of desire from bar to bar in the American expatriate scene. As Lee breaks down, the trademark Burroughsian voice emerges; a maniacal mix of self-lacerating humour and the Ugly American at his ugliest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA haunting tale of possession and exorcism, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e is also a novel with a history of secrets, as this new edition reveals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46550903587052,"sku":"9780141189918","price":24.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780141189918.jpg?v=1750022830","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/queer-by-william-s-burroughs-9780141189918","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}