New York: Grove Press, Inc., 1984. Twenty-fifth anniversary edition. One of 500 copies signed by William S. Burroughs on the limitation page. A Fine copy in like publisher's acetate dust jacket and slipcase. Publisher's black cloth titled with spine titled in red. Small stain to bottom edge of slipcase, else a very nice example.

First published in 1959, William S. Burroughs’ infamous novel meanders through the absurd and perverse in an improbable, non-linear narrative. While the adventure jumps from fictional dictatorships to Mexico to space, much of the book remains inspired by Burroughs’ own drug addiction and his friendships with Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Upon its publication in Paris, the novel was widely banned, though its literary significance was later recognized by Time magazine and the book was included in their list of the top English-language novels published from 1923 to 2005. The novel was adapted into a (nearly as infamous) surrealist film by writer-director David Cronenberg in 1991. Fine in Fine dust jacket. (Item #8071)